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Lithium feels the pressure to become a superconductor

01 Dec 2002

Lithium might be a "simple metal" under normal conditions but under extreme pressures it becomes a superconductor with one of the highest critical temperatures of all the elements

At ambient conditions the conduction electrons in lithium ­ the first metal in the periodic tab

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Michael Hanfland is from the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility in Grenoble, France
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