Superconductivities of high-pressure phases in the metal-hydrogen systems

Abstract The superconducting properties of the d-metal hydrides rank among the most interesting and less studied of their characteristics. Correct and complete data have only been obtained for one superconducting hydride, the palladium hydride'. The long studies on phases forming in the d-metal-hydrogen system in the well- mastered pressure range up to tens of atmospheres have not exhibited any new superconductors, and the scope of systems which could be of interest from this viewpoint has been mainly exhausted'.