Scatter plots of Tc for superconducting materials with family-specific regression predictors

For 4000 “low-Tc” superconductors (i.e., non-cuprate and non-iron-based), Tc is plotted vs. the a) average atomic weight, b) average covalent radius, and c) average number of d) valence electrons.

Having low average atomic weight and low average number of d) valence electrons are necessary (but not sufficient) conditions for achieving high Tc in this group.

d) Scatter plot of Tc for all known superconducting cuprates vs. the mean number of unfilled orbitals.

c), d) suggest that the values of these predictors lead to hard limits on the maximum achievable Tc