2001/02/06 by E. V. Sampathkumaran, Sampathkumaran, E. V., S. Majumdar +2
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci) #Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con) #Superconductivity in MgB2 and Alloys #cond-mat.mtrl-sci #cond-mat.supr-con
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0102110
2 pages 1 figure
arxiv created 2001/02/06 · openalex publication_date 2001/02/06 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The results of electrical resistance (1.4 - 300 K), magnetization (2-300 K) and heat-capacity (2 - 50 K) measurements in Y2PdGe3, found to crystallize in a AlB2-derived hexagonalstructure, are reported. The results establish that this compound is superconducting below 3 K. This obervation is interesting considering that this compound is the first superconductor among the ternary members derived from the hexagonal AlB2 structure. With superconductivity being uncommon even among binary alloys derived from AlB2 structure and with recent excitement on the observation of high temperature superconductivity in MgB2, this finding gains importance.