Abstract
Existing data at high pressures of Berman, Binzarov, and Kurkin show that the various metallic forms of Te have considerable variation of their superconduction temperatures, , depending upon the phase and the pressure; the observed ranged from 2.5 to 4.3°K over the pressure span of 40 to 150 kbar. The present experiments, with use of a diamond-tipped apparatus with a cryogenic arrangement, have extended the pressure range to over 300 kbar. The results indicate that a new metallic phase develops in the 150-180-kbar region, which has a higher of about 6.5°K.
- Received 19 December 1979
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.44.1623
©1980 American Physical Society