Superconductivity at 17 K in yttrium metal under nearly hydrostatic pressures up to 89 GPa

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Hamlin, J J ^a   Tissen, V G ^b   Schilling, J S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 33645473662     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.094522     Document Type: Article

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