%0 Journal Article %T Clarification as to why alcoholic beverages have the ability to induce superconductivity in Fe_{1+d}Te_{1-x}S_x %A K. Deguchi %A D. Sato %A M. Sugimoto %A H. Hara %A Y. Kawasaki %A S. Demura %A T. Watanabe %A S. J. Denholme %A H. Okazaki %A T. Ozaki %A T. Yamaguchi %A H. Takeya %A T. Soga %A M. Tomita %A Y. Takano %J Physics %D 2012 %I arXiv %R 10.1088/0953-2048/25/8/084025 %X To elucidate the mechanism as to why alcoholic beverages can induce superconductivity in Fe_{1+d}Te_{1-x}S_x samples, we performed component analysis and found that weak acid such as organic acid has the ability to induce superconductivity. Inductively-coupled plasma spectroscopy was performed on weak acid solutions post annealing. We found that the mechanism of inducement of superconductivity in Fe_{1+d}Te_{1-x}S_x is the deintercalation of excess Fe from the interlayer sites. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1204.0190v1