Published August 1, 1995 | Version v1
Journal article

Elastic and nonlinear acoustic properties of YBa2Cu3O7-x ceramics with different oxygen contents

  • 1. Schools of Physics and Material Science, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Hacettepe University, Department of Physics, Beytepe, 06532 Ankara (Turkey)
  • 3. Energy Technology Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)

Description

The pressure derivatives of the natural velocities and bulk modulus of YBa2Cu3O6.3, YBa2Cu3O6.6, and YBa2Cu3O6.94 tend to decrease with increasing oxygen content. Using the results obtained in this work and some data published previously, we have shown that the pressure derivative (∂Bs/∂P)P=0 of the adiabatic bulk modulus of YBa2Cu3O7-x is correlated strongly with sample porosity and decreases approximately linearly with decreasing n/Pm, the ratio of porosity n to the maximum applied pressure Pm. We have also shown that values of the mean acoustic mode Grueneisen parameter γel of ceramic superconducting compounds, determined by ultrasonic measurements, have a linear relationship with the porosity n. The effects of oxygen contents on the pressure derivative (∂BS/∂P)P=0 of YBa2Cu3O7-x are also discussed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
52
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
p. 3711-3726.
ISSN
0163-1829
CODEN
PRBMDO