Pressure-Induced Superconductivity of Iodine

Katsuya Shimizu, N. Tamitani, Nao Takeshita, Mamoru Ishizuka, Kiichi Amaya, Shoichi Endo

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan · 1992 · 33 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

The electrical resistance and the magnetization of solid iodine in the monatomic phase above 210 kbar are measured at temperatures down to 0.1 K. The negligibly small resistance and the diamagnetism observed below 1.2 K indicate the appearance of the superconductivity.

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