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Metallic sulphur. "Electronic" mechanism of superconductivity?

Superconductivity 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It is shown that the rapid increase of the superconducting transition temperature TcT_c of sulphur with increasing pressure above 93 GPa does not contradict with some hypothetical ``electronic'' mechanism of superconductivity with participation of the electron interaction energy fluctuations. Such ``electronic'' mechanism is supposed to be intrinsic property of the molecular condensates and corresponds to very high TcT_c. The low TcT_c of sulphur (10 -17)K is likely connected with the magnetic properties of the sulphur atoms and molecules. The equation of state for sulphur is obtained. The molar volume of sulphur at metallization is 10 cm}3^3{/mol. The principal difference between the ''physical'' and the ''chemical'' type bonds are discussed. Under some pressure one bond type is changed by another and}Tc{T}_c{may have an extremum (transition from the Bose condensation to the BCS superconductivity).

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9908467,
  title  = {Metallic sulphur. "Electronic" mechanism of superconductivity?},
  author = {V. N. Bogomolov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9908467},
  year   = {2007}
}

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