Low temperature specific heat of ThU

Abstract The low temperature specific heat of the weakly magnetic system Th U has been measured in both the normal and superconducting states. U impurities are found to enhanve the normal state electronic specific heat coefficient γ at an unusually large rate of 4.85 ± 0.50 mJ/mole °K2 at. % U. The specific heat jump at the superconducting transition for an alloy of composition 0.075 at. % U follows the BCS law of corresponding states suggesting that the system Th U is essentially non-magnetic at superconducting temperatures.