A semi-wet route to the synthesis of YBa2Cu3O7-y ceramics

Pandey, D. ; Tiwari, V. S. ; Singh, A. K. (1989) A semi-wet route to the synthesis of YBa2Cu3O7-y ceramics Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 22 (1). pp. 182-186. ISSN 0022-3727

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Abstract

Advantages of a semi-wet route to the synthesis of YBa2Cu3O7-y employing coprecipitation of yttrium and barium as precursor carbonates are presented. It is shown that the precursor carbonate is an intimate mixture of fine barium carbonate and amorphous yttrium carbonate particles. YBa2Cu3O7-y powders prepared under identical conditions by the conventional dry route and the present semi-wet route are analysed for compositional inhomogeneities and coherently scattering domain size (D), using principles of X-ray line profile analysis. It is shown that unlike the powders prepared by the conventional method, which contain compositional inhomogeneities and possess domains of about 2200 AA, powders obtained under identical conditions by the semi-wet route are free from compositional inhomogeneities and possess larger domain size (around 4000 AA). Since the actual particle size in both the cases is several mu m, the loss of coherency in each particle is attributed to the presence of twin interfaces. Better compositional homogeneity and lower density of twin interfaces in specimens prepared by the semi-wet route are believed to be responsible for the improved superconducting behaviour of ceramics prepared by the present method.

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