SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN Y-NI-B BASE COMPOUNDS

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HONG, NM [1 ]
MICHOR, H [1 ]
VYBORNOV, M [1 ]
HOLUBAR, T [1 ]
HUNDEGGER, P [1 ]
PERTHOLD, W [1 ]
HILSCHER, G [1 ]
ROGL, P [1 ]
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[1] UNIV VIENNA, INST PHYS CHEM, A-1090 VIENNA, AUSTRIA
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PHYSICA C-SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND ITS APPLICATIONS | 1994年 / 227卷 / 1-2期
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10.1016/0921-4534(94)90360-3
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Carbon introduced in Y-Ni-B ternary alloy material was shown to stabilise a quaternary compound YNi2B2C which is also responsible for the appearance of superconductivity in Y-Ni-B alloys YNi4-xB1+x. Rietveld refinement of a nearly single-phase material of YNi2B2C confirmed isotypism with the filled ThCr2Si2-type (z(B) = 0.353(1)). Magnetic and specific heat measurements indicate type-II superconductivity in YNi2B2C with a T(c-onset) of 15.2 K and a normalised specific heat discontinuity DELTAC/gammaT(c) = 1.57. We present a first estimate of the upper critical field mu0H(c2)(0) = 3.7 T, the coherence length xi(GL) 9.4 nm and the Ginzburg-Landau parameter K = 10.5 of this new compound.
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