Arsenic heats up iron superconductors.

Author(s) : HAND E.

Type of article: Article

Summary

A new class of high-temperature superconductors has been discovered by researchers in Japan. This complex oxide, containing lanthanum, iron, arsenic and a little fluorine, will superconduct at 43 K when squeezed by around 40,000 atmospheres pressure.

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  • Original title: Arsenic heats up iron superconductors.
  • Record ID : 2008-1972
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Nature - vol. 452 - n. 7190
  • Publication date: 2008/04/24

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