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Title: The bulk modulus and young's modulus of the superconductor Ba sub 2 Cu sub 3 YO sub 7

Conference · · Advanced Ceramic Materials; (USA)
OSTI ID:5124223
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  1. National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD (USA)

The isothermal equation of state of the high temperature superconducting ceramic material Ba{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}YO{sub 7} has been determined by measurements in a diamond anvil pressure cell using an energy dispersive x-ray diffraction method. The orthorhombic unit cell lattice parameters (a = 3.8856 {angstrom}, b = 11.6804 {angstrom}, c = 3.8185 {angstrom}) were found to have compressions of (2.0%, 2.3%, 1.1%) respectively over the pressure range from one atmosphere to 10.6 GPa at room temperature. Subsequent equation of state analysis of the approximately linear compression of the volume determined that the isothermal bulk modulus was 196 {plus minus} 17 GPa. Young's modulus was estimated to be 235 {plus minus} 20 GPa assuming that the Poisson's ratio for Ba{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}YO{sub 7} was 0.3 which is typical of many ceramics.

OSTI ID:
5124223
Report Number(s):
CONF-8704372-; CODEN: ACEME; TRN: 90-006885
Journal Information:
Advanced Ceramic Materials; (USA), Vol. 2:3B; Conference: Ceramic superconductors, Pittsburgh, PA (USA), 26-30 Apr 1987; ISSN 0883-5551
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English