Temperature dependence of the resistivity of Hg3–δAsF6

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The resistivity of the linear-chain mercury compound Hg3–δAsF6 is reported in the temperature range 1.4–300 K. Electron scattering by one-dimensional and three-dimensional phonons on a cylindrical Fermi surface is used to calculate the temperature dependence of the resistivity which agrees with measurements of the resistivity between 4.2 and 90 K. The resistivity is determined by the Montgomery method which is extended to the case when electrical probes are not at the corners of a sample. The anisotropy ρc/ρa of the resistivity is in the range 95 ± 10 between 40 and 180 K. It is explained by a 1.4% undulation along the Fermi surface cylinders. Changes in the anisotropy give evidence of three-dimensional, long-range ordering at 120 K and short-range ordering of the mercury chains between 180 and 200 K reported previously. Hysteresis in the resistivity shows an unusual transition at 217 ± 3 K which is evident only upon cooling samples. There is no evidence of zero, c-axis resistivity below 4.1 K to support the suggestion that Hg3–δAsF6 is an anisotropic superconductor.

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