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An Intercomparison of the Upper Critical Fields (H c 2 ) of Different Superconductors—YBa2Cu3 O 7, MgB2, NdFeAsO 0 . 8 F 0 . 2 , FeSe 0 . 5 Te 0 . 5 and Nb2PdS5

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Here, we report the comparison of the upper critical fields of different superconductors being calculated by two different theories, i.e. Werthamer Helfand Hohenburg (WHH) and Ginzberg Landau (GL). All the samples are synthesized through previously known solid-state reaction route. Phase purity is determined from the Rietveld refinement of powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) data. High-field (up to 14 T) magneto transport ρ(T)H of different superconductors is studied to estimate their upper critical field (H c2). The present intercomparison covers from cuprates (YBa2Cu3 O 7)–borides (MgB2)–Fe pnictides (NdFeAsO0.8 F 0.2) and chalcogenides (FeSe0.5Te0.5) to robust Nb2PdS5. The upper critical fields [ H c2(T)] at zero temperature are calculated by extrapolating the data using GL and WHH equations.

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The authors would like to thank their Director Professor D.K. Aswal for his keen interest and encouragement in the present work. R. Sultana thanks CSIR, India, for providing research fellowship. This work was supported by DAE-SRC outstanding investigator award scheme to work on search for new superconductors.

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  1. National Physical Laboratory (CSIR), Dr. K. S. Krishnan Road, New Delhi, 110012, India

    R. Sultana, P. Rani, Reena Goyal & V. P. S. Awana

  2. AcSIR, NPL,, New Delhi, 110012, India

    R. Sultana & Reena Goyal

  3. Department of Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, 110025, India

    P. Rani & A. K. Hafiz

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Sultana, R., Rani, P., Hafiz, A.K. et al. An Intercomparison of the Upper Critical Fields (H c 2 ) of Different Superconductors—YBa2Cu3 O 7, MgB2, NdFeAsO 0 . 8 F 0 . 2 , FeSe 0 . 5 Te 0 . 5 and Nb2PdS5 . J Supercond Nov Magn 29, 1399–1404 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-016-3507-1

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