Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, Volume 30 - High Temperature Rare Earths Superconductors I (Hardcover)

This volume of the Handbook is the first of a two-volume set of reviews devoted to the rare-earth-based high-temperature oxide superconductors (commonly known as hiTC superconductors). The history of hiTC superconductors is a few months short of being 14 years old when Bednorz and Muller published their results which showed that (La, BA)2CuO4 had a superconducting transition of ~30 K, which was about 7K higher than any other known superconducting material. Within a year the upper temperature limit was raised to nearly 100K with the discovery of an ~90K superconducting transition in YBa2Cu3O7-&dgr;. The announcement of a superconductor with a transition temperature higher than the boiling point of liquid nitrogen set-off a frenzy of research on trying to find other oxide hiTC superconductors. Within a few months the maximum superconducting transition reached 110 K (Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3010, and then 122K (TlBa2Ca3Cu4O11. It took several years to push TC up another 11 K to 133 K with the discovery of superconductivity in HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8, which is still the record holder today.

General

Imprint:	North-Holland
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Handbook on the Physics & Chemistry of Rare Earths
Release date:	December 2000
First published:	December 2000
Editors:	K.A. Gschneidner • L. Eyring • M.B. Maple
Dimensions:	244 x 171 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	656
ISBN-13:	978-0-444-50528-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Thermodynamics & statistical physics > Thermodynamics Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Inorganic chemistry > General Books > Professional & Technical > Electronics & communications engineering > Electronics engineering > Electronic devices & materials > Semi-conductors & super-conductors Promotions
LSN:	0-444-50528-8
Barcode:	9780444505286

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