Published August 1992 | Version v1
Journal article

Microstructure and superconducting properties of fused YBa2Cu3O7-x ceramic doped with silver

  • 1. N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry (Russian Federation)

Description

The effect of heat treatment on the electrical property of YBa2Cu3O7-x + Ag (10 and 20 mass %) samples was studied. It was shown that under conditions of short-time heating with IR radiation (5 sec) the orthorhombic structure of the starting YBa2Cu3O7-x remains and the critical current density is increased by a factor 3.5-5.5. Similar action of IR heating for 10 sec (overheating of the sample) results in a phase transition of the starting orthorhombic material into a tetragonal phase, and this is accompanied by a significant decrease in Tc and appearance of additional phases owing to decomposition of the compound. 7 refs., 7 figs., 1 tab

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Inorganic Materials
Journal Volume
28
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 498-505.
ISSN
0020-1685
CODEN
INOMAF

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Notes
Cover-to-cover Translation of Izvestiia Akademii Nauk SSSR, Neorganicheskie Materialy (USSR); Translated from Neorganicheskie Materialy; 28: No. 3, 652-659(Mar 1992).