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Which mechanism prevents effective heat transfer above a superconducting transition temperature?

A)Scattering of quasiparticles
B)Increased lattice vibrations
C)Formation of Cooper pairs
D)Suppressed electron-phonon coupling

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Above the superconducting transition temperature, normal electrons exist; quasiparticle scattering dominates because these electrons impede heat flow, therefore decreasing thermal conductivity, rather than phonon effects being primary at higher temperatures.

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