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The normal state resistivtity, upper critical field H-c2 and Hall coefficie
nt R-H in superconducting perovskite MgCNi3 (T-c approximate to 8 K) have b
een studied. Above 70 K. rho (T) fits well curve predicted by Bloch-Gruneis
en theory consistently with electron-phonon scattering. H-c2(0) was estimat
ed to be about 15.0 T within the weak-coupling BCS theory, and the supercon
ducting coherence length xi (0) is approximately 47 Angstrom. R-H of MgCNi3
is negative for the whole temperature range which definitely indicates tha
t the carrier in MgCNi3 is electron type. R-H is temperature independent be
tween T-c and similar to 140 K. Above similar to 140 K, the magnitude of R-
H decreases as temperature rises. At T = 100 K. the carrier density is 10x
10(22)/cm(3). which is comparable with that in perovskite (Ba,K)BiO3, and l
ess than that of the metallic binary MgB2.