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Structural phase transition study of Ba2YCu3O6+x in air

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

W. Wong-Ng ,
L. P. Cook ,
C. K. Chiang ,
L. J. Swartzendruber ,
L. H. Bennett ,
J. Blendell  and
D. Minor
W. Wong-Ng
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
L. P. Cook
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
C. K. Chiang
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
L. J. Swartzendruber
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
L. H. Bennett
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
J. Blendell
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
D. Minor
Affiliation:
Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
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Abstract

A structural phase transition study of Ba2YCu3O6+x (x = 0 to 1) has been conducted on a series of 13 quenched samples. These samples were prepared from an orthorhombic material by annealing at temperatures from 400 to 1000 °C in air, followed by rapid quenching. All quenchings were performed by using a liquid-nitrogen-cooled copper cold well with a continuous flow of cooled helium gas. Various measurements including x-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, Meissner effect, and scanning electron microscopy were carried out in order to correlate the nature of the phase transition with erystallographic data, superconductivity, and annealing temperature. The phase transition from Ba2YCu3,O7 to Ba2YCu3O6 appears to involve two orthorhombic regions: region A with a <b ≈ c/3 below approximately 600 °C and region B with cell parameters of a < b < c/3 from & 600 to 708–720 °C. The transformation from orthorhombic to tetragonal takes place in the temperature range of 708–720 °C. This transition appears to be a second-order, order-disorder type.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 3 , Issue 5 , October 1988 , pp. 832 - 839
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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