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Use of Neutron Diffraction in Determining Strains in High-Temperature Superconducting Composites*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

D. S. Kupperman ,
J. P. Singh ,
S. Majumdar  and
J. Faber Jr.
D. S. Kupperman
Affiliation:
Materials and Components Technology Division, R. L. Hitterman, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4838
J. P. Singh
Affiliation:
Materials and Components Technology Division, R. L. Hitterman, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4838
S. Majumdar
Affiliation:
Materials and Components Technology Division, R. L. Hitterman, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439-4838
J. Faber Jr.
Affiliation:
Amoco Research, Naperville, Illinois
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Abstract

The Argonne Intense Pulsed Neutron Source and General Purpose Powder Diffractometer have been used to study high Tc metal oxide composites composed of yttrium barium copper oxide and silver. Neutron diffraction techniques were applied to composites with 15, 20 and 30% silver content by volume. We have observed that after hot pressing, the 30% Ag specimens contained both orthorhombic high Tc and tetragonal, non-superconducting phases near the center of the specimens but only tetragonal near the surface. The relationship of shifts in Bragg peaks to strains of the constituents is discussed.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 166: Symposium J – Neutron Scattering for Materials Science , 1989 , 195
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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Work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Storage and Distribution, Conservation and Renewable Energy, under Contract W-109-31-Eng-38. This work has benefited from the use of the Intense Pulsed Neutron Source at Argonne National Laboratory.

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