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Formation of NdBa2Cu3O7−δ amorphous phase by combining aero-acoustic levitation and splat quenching

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

K. Nagashio ,
W. H. Hofmeister ,
D. E. Gustafson ,
A. Altgilbers ,
R. J. Bayuzick  and
K. Kuribayashi
K. Nagashio*
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
W. H. Hofmeister
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
D. E. Gustafson
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
A. Altgilbers
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
R. J. Bayuzick
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 37235
K. Kuribayashi
Affiliation:
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, 3-3-1, Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8510, Japan
*
Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: nagashio@materials.isas.ac.jp
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Abstract

Small spherical samples (diameter approximately 2 mm) of NdBa2Cu3O7−δ (Nd123) were fully melted in Ar gas flow in an aero-acoustic levitation device and subsequently rapidly cooled by splat quenching. For samples quenched above the liquidus, the microstructual and x-ray-diffraction (XRD) observations suggested the existence of the amorphous phase with small quantities of the BaCuO2 and BaCu2Ox. The high-temperature XRD results indicated that the decomposition of the amorphous phase, probably assisted by atmospheric CO2 and H2O, led to formation of the BaCO3 phase at 400 °C and, subsequently, the Nd123 phase was formed by the solid diffusion above 800 °C. Another set of Nd123 samples was fully melted in O2 gas flow, undercooled while levitated, and then splat quenched at a temperature below the peritectic temperature (TP). These samples possessed a microcrystalline microstructure of the Nd123 phase that was confirmed by XRD. This indicated that the Nd123 phase was solidified directly from the undercooled melt quenched below TP.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , January 2001 , pp. 138 - 145
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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