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Effect of low-temperature compression on superconductivity and crystal structure in strontium metal
No full textThe superconducting and structural properties of elemental strontium metal were investigated under pressures up to 60 GPa while maintaining cryogenic conditions during pressure application. Applying pressure at low temperatures reveals differences in superconducting and structural phases compared to previous reports obtained at room temperatures. Notably, the superconducting critical temperature exhibits a twofold increase under compression after cryogenic cooling within the pressure range of 35–42 GPa, compared to cryogenic cooling after room-temperature compression. Subsequently, the transition width becomes significantly sharper above 42 GPa. Low-temperature x-ray diffraction measurements under pressure reveal that this change corresponds to the Sr-III to Sr-IV transition, with no evidence of any metastable structure. Furthermore, the monoclinic Sr-IV structure was observed to remain stable to much higher pressures—at least up to 60 GPa, without the appearance of the incommensurate Sr-V phase present at room temperature. This implies that thermal activation energy plays an important role in overcoming the presence of a kinetic barrier to the Sr-V phase at room temperature
Upcycled Fashions: Senior Instructor Deborah Reifsteck and Student Artists
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The Effects of Partisan Redistricting
No full textThere are negative consequences associated with partisan redistricting. One of these consequences is non-competitiveness of districts. I theorize that there are turther adverse effects bevond non-competitiveness that lead to lesser quality or representation for communities in non-competitive districts comnared to competitive districts. I hypothesize that there 1s a correlation between the competitiveness of a district and the quality of representation communities in competitive districts receive.https://thekeep.eiu.edu/polisci_capstone_posters/1059/thumbnail.jp