Abstract
The electrical conductivities and transition temperatures of films consisting of random mixtures of Hg and Xe condensed onto substrates held at 4.2 K have been measured. A metal-nonmetal transition in which the temperature coefficient of resistance changes from positive to negative has been found near a volume fraction close to that expected for random percolation. This transition is accompanied by a substantial drop in the superconducting transition temperature which is measured resistively.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1889-1892 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Physical Review Letters |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 25 |
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| State | Published - Jan 1 1979 |