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Critical-field measurements in Nb-Ti composition-modulated alloys

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We present measurements of the transition temperature and upper parallel critical field, to 15 kG, of layered Nb-Ti alloys for layer wavelengths between 6 and 6250 Å.

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Work supported by the NSF under grant DMR 78-24339 and the U.S. Department of Energy. Use was made of facilities funded by the NSF/MRL program under grant DMR 76-80847.

On leave from the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Department of Physics and Astronomy and Materials Research Center.

Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Materials Research Center.

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Qian, Y.J., Zheng, J.Q., Sarma, B.K. et al. Critical-field measurements in Nb-Ti composition-modulated alloys. J Low Temp Phys 49, 279–294 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00681593

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