The sound velocities of longitudinal and shear waves are measured on a polycrystalline MgB_(2) superconductor with Tc of 39 K. The specimen used in the experiments is pressed and heated using the MgB_(2) powder. The e...The sound velocities of longitudinal and shear waves are measured on a polycrystalline MgB_(2) superconductor with Tc of 39 K. The specimen used in the experiments is pressed and heated using the MgB_(2) powder. The elastic moduli, Debye temperature and specific heat at room temperature are obtained based on sound velocity data. The results indicate that the velocities are much higher than those in the usual materials, while elastic constants remain reasonably soft, which may be due to the high transition temperature of the MgB2 superconductor.展开更多
基金Supported by the Outstanding Youth Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.59725105the“Hundreds of Talents”Programme of the Chinese Academy of Sciences。
文摘The sound velocities of longitudinal and shear waves are measured on a polycrystalline MgB_(2) superconductor with Tc of 39 K. The specimen used in the experiments is pressed and heated using the MgB_(2) powder. The elastic moduli, Debye temperature and specific heat at room temperature are obtained based on sound velocity data. The results indicate that the velocities are much higher than those in the usual materials, while elastic constants remain reasonably soft, which may be due to the high transition temperature of the MgB2 superconductor.
