Published 1991 | Version v1
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The effects of oxygen on yttrium- and bismuth-type oxide superconductors

  • 1. Bureau of Mines, Albany, OR (United States)
  • 2. NIST, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
  • 3. Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Wilmington, DE (United States)

Description

YBa2Cu3Ox, SmBa2Cu3Ox, GdBa2Cu3Ox, and Bi2Ca2Sr2Cu3Ox superconductors were treated at 600 to 1100 K and 170 atm of pure oxygen to determine the effect of oxygen on the critical superconduction temperature, Tc. The preliminary results on 123-type (YBa2Cu3Ox) indicate increases in Tc while the Bi-types show decreases in Tc possibly due to the conversion of trivalent Bi into pentavalent Bi. In this paper it is shown that excess oxygen as O2 plays a dominant role in superconductivity. Other possible effects of oxygen are discussed in detail

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Publishing Information

Publisher
The Metallurgical Society Inc.
Imprint Place
Warrendale, PA (United States)
Imprint Title
120th TMS annual meeting
Imprint Pagination
146 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 74.

Conference

Title
Annual meeting and exhibition of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS).
Dates
17-21 Feb 1991.
Place
New Orleans, LA (United States).

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-910202--.