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The Evaporative Decomposition of Solutions Method (Eds) for the Production of Ultrafine Y1Ba2Cu3O7 from Nitrate and Mixed Anion Precursor Solutions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

Rollin E. Lakis
Affiliation:
Lehigh University, Consortium For Superconducting Ceramics, Bethlehem, PA 18015
Sidney R. Butler
Affiliation:
Lehigh University, Consortium For Superconducting Ceramics, Bethlehem, PA 18015
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Abstract

Y1Ba2Cu3O7 has been prepared by the evaporative decomposition of solutions method. Nitrate and mixed anion solutions were atomized and decomposed at temperatures ranging from 300°C to 950°C. The resulting materials have been characterized using x-ray powder diffraction, Thermal Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), particle size analysis, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The powder consists of 0.3 micron agglomerated hollow spheres with a primary particle size of 0.06 micron. TGA and x-ray diffraction indicate the presence of barium nitrate and barium carbonate due to incomplete decomposition and/or product contamination by the process environment.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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