The γ-U phase alloys can be retained down to low temperatures with less required alloying concentration by using the splat-cooling technique with a cooling rate better than 10^6 K/s. Doping with 15 at.% Mo, Pt, Pd, N...The γ-U phase alloys can be retained down to low temperatures with less required alloying concentration by using the splat-cooling technique with a cooling rate better than 10^6 K/s. Doping with 15 at.% Mo, Pt, Pd, Nb leads to a stabilization of the cubic γ-U phase, while it requires much higher Zr concentrations （≥30 at.% Zr）. All U-T splats become superconducting with Tc in the range of 0.61-2.11 K. A good agreement of the experimentally observed specific-heat jump at Tc with that from BCS theory prediction was obtained for U-15 at.% Mo consisting of the γ-U phase with an ideal bcc A2 structure.展开更多
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文摘The γ-U phase alloys can be retained down to low temperatures with less required alloying concentration by using the splat-cooling technique with a cooling rate better than 10^6 K/s. Doping with 15 at.% Mo, Pt, Pd, Nb leads to a stabilization of the cubic γ-U phase, while it requires much higher Zr concentrations （≥30 at.% Zr）. All U-T splats become superconducting with Tc in the range of 0.61-2.11 K. A good agreement of the experimentally observed specific-heat jump at Tc with that from BCS theory prediction was obtained for U-15 at.% Mo consisting of the γ-U phase with an ideal bcc A2 structure.
