Resistivity of a Superconductor: A Search for the Origin of

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Additions and Corrections

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS

2001, Volume 105B R. J. Thorn: Resistivity of a Superconductor: A Search for the Origin of Superconductivity Page 11251. The following text should be included before the Summary on p 11254. Having equations for the fraction of the conductor in the super state, eqs 4, 5, and 9, and the equations for the conductivities of the normal state and for the super state, one can apply them to the measured values of the resistance versus temperature obtained by Onnes (b, data from ref 5: Kittel, C. Introduction to Solid State Physics; John Wiley & Sons: New York, 1953; p 200) in his discovery of superconductivity in mercury. The result is the solid curve in the graph below.

In as much as Onnes’ experimental curve represents the discovery of superconductivity, the calculation given above represents the discovery of its theoretical interpertation. It demonstrates the centrsl role of the shift in chemical equilibrium from predominantly single electrons (or polarons) in the normal state to predominantly pairs of electrons (or bipolarons) in the super state in that solution to the long lasting mystery. Acknowledgment. Work at Argonne National Laboratory is performed under contract W-31-109 Eng 39 of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Division of Material Science. 10.1021/jp022226p Published on Web 12/31/2002