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Properties and Structures of Copper Rich Y-Ba-Cu-O Superconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

A. J. Drehman
Affiliation:
Solid State Sciences Directorate, Rome Air Development Center, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731
J. A. Horrigan
Affiliation:
Solid State Sciences Directorate, Rome Air Development Center, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731
M. W. Dumais
Affiliation:
Solid State Sciences Directorate, Rome Air Development Center, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731
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Abstract

Copper rich Y-Ba-Cu-O samples were prepared by reacting and sintering powders. The resultant material is composed of YBa2Cu3Oy and CuO. Proper processing results in a 85% dense, well interconnected material with a superconducting transition temperature of 92K. Zero resistance is observed even though a quarter of the volume is the CuO phase. This is because the CuO phase is in the form of isolated grains and not at the grain boundaries of the superconducting matrix.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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