TY - JOUR
T1 - RE-Ba2Cu3Oy formation mechanism via (RE)2BaO4
AU - Muralidhar, M.
AU - Sakai, N.
AU - Murakami, M.
AU - Hirabayashi, I.
AU - Tanaka, S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO).
PY - 2006/10/1
Y1 - 2006/10/1
N2 - We studied the mechanism of (RE)Ba2Cu3Oy phase formation via (RE)2BaO4 in the case of GdBa2Cu3Oy + 40 mol% Gd-211 combination, using mixture of Gd2BaO4, BaCuO2 and CuO. Pellets of this composite were sintered at various temperatures between 700 °C and 1100 °C and held for 1 h in Ar (100%), Ar-1% O2, Ar-0.1% O2 atmospheres, then rapidly quenched in oil. The samples were characterized by XRD, SEM, and EPMA analyses. XRD and EPMA analyses indicated that Gd-123 phase forms at around 900 °C but the temperature depends on the chosen atmosphere. The samples quenched from high temperatures (>1000 °C) showed that final formation of a secondary phase depends on the temperature held before the quench.
AB - We studied the mechanism of (RE)Ba2Cu3Oy phase formation via (RE)2BaO4 in the case of GdBa2Cu3Oy + 40 mol% Gd-211 combination, using mixture of Gd2BaO4, BaCuO2 and CuO. Pellets of this composite were sintered at various temperatures between 700 °C and 1100 °C and held for 1 h in Ar (100%), Ar-1% O2, Ar-0.1% O2 atmospheres, then rapidly quenched in oil. The samples were characterized by XRD, SEM, and EPMA analyses. XRD and EPMA analyses indicated that Gd-123 phase forms at around 900 °C but the temperature depends on the chosen atmosphere. The samples quenched from high temperatures (>1000 °C) showed that final formation of a secondary phase depends on the temperature held before the quench.
KW - Electron probe micro analysis
KW - GdBaO
KW - Microstructure
KW - Quench experiments
KW - XRD
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U2 - 10.1016/j.physc.2006.06.035
DO - 10.1016/j.physc.2006.06.035
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33748208712
SN - 0921-4534
VL - 445-448
SP - 282
EP - 285
JO - Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications
JF - Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications
IS - 1-2
ER -