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Which one of the following statements is not true?

A. Entropy decreases markedly on cooling a superconductor, below the critical, temperature TC

B. The electronic contribution to the heat capacity in the superconducting state has an exponential form with an argument proportional to T-1, suggestive of an energy gap

C. A type I superconductor is a perfect diamagnet

D. Critical temperature of superconductors varies with the isotropic mass

Answer: Option D


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