Influence of the cooling rate on the superconducting properties of the organic solid di-tetramethyltetraselenafulvalenium-perchlorate TMTSF/sub 2/ClO/sub 4/
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· Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States)
Specific-heat measurements on the organic solid di-tetramethyltetraselenafulvalenium-perchlorate TMTSF/sub 2/ClO/sub 4/ demonstrate that T/sub c/ decreases as much as 22%, when the cooling rate below 40 K is changed from 0.1 K/min (relaxed state) to 10 K/min (quenched state). The phenomenon is fully reversible as indicated by annealing experiments. The parameters of the superconducting state, the specific-heat jump, the entropy, and the upper critical fields (parallelc*) are strongly affected by the quenching process. A possible explanation is that quenching freezes out lattice disorder.
- Research Organization:
- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, Universite Paris Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France
- OSTI ID:
- 6878432
- Journal Information:
- Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) Vol. 49:18; ISSN PRLTA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360603* -- Materials-- Properties
656102 -- Solid State Physics-- Superconductivity-- Acoustic
Electronic
Magnetic
Optical
& Thermal Phenomena-- (-1987)
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CHLORATES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COOLING
CRITICAL FIELD
DATA
ENTROPY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
MAGNETIC FIELDS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLIDS
SPECIFIC HEAT
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
VERY LOW TEMPERATURE
360603* -- Materials-- Properties
656102 -- Solid State Physics-- Superconductivity-- Acoustic
Electronic
Magnetic
Optical
& Thermal Phenomena-- (-1987)
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
CHLORATES
CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
COOLING
CRITICAL FIELD
DATA
ENTROPY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
MAGNETIC FIELDS
NUMERICAL DATA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
SOLIDS
SPECIFIC HEAT
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
VERY LOW TEMPERATURE