Heat Capacity of Superconducting Ba0.6K0.4bio3 Near Tc
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1989
Abstract
Measurements of the heat capacity of single crystals of Ba0.6K0.4 BiO3 in the range 1040 K and in magnetic fields up to 60 kOe reveals a jump at Tc. The phase diagram of Hc2(T) can thus be determined calorimetrically, yielding values of Tc(H=0)=31.5 K and dHc2/dT=-5.2 kOe/K, in agreement with recent magnetization measurements. From these data, and the value of dHc1/dT from magnetization data, the size of the jump is consistent with at least 40% of the sample volume becoming a superconductor, indicating that superconductivity in this material is a bulk property and not due to a trace amount of a second phase. The corresponding value of the electronic specific-heat coefficient is =1.5 mJ/mol K2. Comparison with the band-structure density of states yields a value of the electron-phonon coupling constant of 0.35, consistent with the assumption that the material is a weakly coupled superconductor.
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.39.9682
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Graebner, J. E.; Schneemeyer, Lynn; and Thomas, J. K., "Heat Capacity of Superconducting Ba0.6K0.4bio3 Near Tc" (1989). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 191.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/chem-biochem-facpubs/191