Published November 3, 2004 | Version v1
Journal article

Subsolidus phase relation, crystal structure and superconductivity of the SmBa2-xSrxCu3O7-δ system

Description

The SmBa2-xSrxCu3O7-δ solid solution was investigated by means of X-ray powder diffraction in combination with the Rietveld refinement method. The Sr-doped Sm123 single phase could be synthesized at 950 deg. C in flowing O2. The solubility range of the SmBa2-xSrxCu3O7-δ solid solution is 0.0≤x≤0.9. The structure of SmBa2-xSrxCu3O7-δ is orthorhombic in the range 0.0≤x<0.5, and tetragonal for 0.5≤x≤0.9. The electrical resistivity and the AC susceptibility as function of the temperature for samples with x=0-0.9 were measured. All the samples with 0.0≤x≤0.9 show superconducting properties (TC(onset)=93.9-78.9 K). The TC value of SmBa2-xSrxCu3O7-δ decreases regularly with increasing Sr content

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jallcom.2004.04.075;
PII
S0925838804005201;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
381
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 32-36
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.