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Derivative Analysis of the High Temperature Superconducting Transition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Carmen Almasan
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208, USA
J. Estrada
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208, USA
C. P. Poole Jr
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208, USA
T. Datta
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208, USA
H. A. Farach
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. 29208, USA
D. U. Gubser
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375, USA.
S. A. Wolf
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375, USA.
L. E. Toth
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375, USA.
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Abstract

The shape of the normalized temperature derivative of the dc susceptibility provides useful information about superconducting materials. We propose that the position of the derivative peak be defined as the transition temperature Tc and the width of this peak define its sharpness.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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