Published April 1991 | Version v1
Journal article

Influence of sintering time and quenching on the formation of high Tc phase

  • 1. Osmania Univ., Hyderabad (India). Dept. of Physics

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Influence of sintering time and quenching in Bisub(2-x)PbxCa2Sr2Cu3Oy (x=0.0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.25, 0.3 and 0.4) samples have been studied by resistance and XRD measurements. In samples sintered at 850degC for 4 days, Tc(O) increases with Pb concentration. Tc(O) increased from 81 K for x=0.0 to 109 K in x=0.30 sample and then decreased. Increasing the sintering time to 10 days decreased the Tc. Quenching further decreased the Tc(O). From X-ray diffraction patterns, the intensity peaks of low and high Tc phases have been measured. The addition of Pb promotes high Tc-phase. Sintering time, slow cooling and rapid quenching studies show that there is an optimum sintering time and cooling rate to produce a high Tc-phase. (author). 9 refs., 6 figs., 2 tabs

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Bulletin of Materials Science
Journal Volume
14
Journal Issue
2
Series
Bull. Mater. Sci.
Journal Page Range
199-206
ISSN
0250-4707
CODEN
BUMSD

Conference

Title
International conference on superconductivity.
Dates
10-14 Jan 1990.
Place
Bangalore (India).