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    Comment on "Experimental determination of superconducting parameters for the intermetallic perovskite superconductor MgCNi3_3"

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    In a recent paper (Phys. Rev. {\bf B 67}, 094502 (2003)) Mao et al. investigated the bias-dependent conductance of mechanical junctions between superconducting MgCNi3_3 and a sharp W tip. They interpreted their results in terms of 'single-particle tunneling'. We show it is more likely that current transport through those junctions is determined by thermal effects due to the huge normal-state resistivity of MgCNi3_3. Therefore no conclusion can be drawn about the possible unconventional pairing or strong-coupling superconductivity in MgCNi3_3.Comment: 2 pages, 1 Fig. Comment on Z. Q. Mao et al. (Phys. Rev. {\bf B 67}, 094502 (2003)
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