TY - JOUR AU - Matthias, B. T AB - The relation between the transition temperature of a superconductor and its number of valence electrons/atom has been investigated. Optimum conditions for the occurrence of superconductivity seem to exist for 5 and 7 valence electrons/atom. TI - Empirical Relation between Superconductivity and the Number of Valence Electrons per Atom JF - Physical Review DO - 10.1103/PhysRev.97.74 DA - 1955-01-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-physical-society-aps/empirical-relation-between-superconductivity-and-the-number-of-valence-52BxPWTdgI SP - 74 EP - 76 VL - 97 IS - 1 DP - DeepDyve ER -