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On the $^{12}$C/$^{13}$C carbon isotope effect in the quasi one-dimensional superconductor Sc$_3$CoC$_4$
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Sc$_3$CoC$_4$ is the only superconductor in the group of the isotypic carbides Sc$_3M$C$_4$ ($M$ = Mn, Fe, Ru, Os, Co, Rh, Ir, Ni), rendering it into an ideal benchmark system to systematically study the prerequisites and mechanism of superconductivity in such quasi one-dimensional structures. To investigate the isotope effect, the substitution series Sc$_3$Co($^{12}$C$_{1-x}$$^{13}$C$_x$)$_4$ with $x$ = 0, 0.5 and 1 was synthesized by arc melting. The sample homogeneity was confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction and NMR spectroscopy. The resulting isotope coefficient based on magnetization studies on polycrystalline samples and electrical resistivity measurements on single crystals of $\alpha$ = 0.58 lies close to the value of 0.5 predicted by BCS theory.
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