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Effect of HCl on the normal magnetic susceptibility of YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub delta/

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)
Normal static magnetic-susceptibility measurements have been carried out for the high-T/sub c/ superconductor YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub delta/ which was annealed at temperatures between 100 and 500 /sup 0/C in the presence of HCl gas at a pressure of 100 Torr. The magnetic susceptibility data strongly depend on the change in the proportion of Cu/sup 2+/ to Cu/sup 3+/ during the reaction of YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub delta/ with HCl. The Curie-Weiss susceptibility arises from the localized Cu/sup 2+/ spins and the Pauli paramagnetic susceptibility arises from conduction electrons in Cu/sup 3+/ states. These data can be interpreted in terms of the two-dimensional ordering of oxygen-vacancy sites in the one-dimensional chains in CuO layers. The one-dimensional chains have a stoichiometry of Cu/sup 3 +//sub 1-//sub x/Cu/sup 2 +//sub x/O/sub 1-//sub x//sub /2/ with delta = x/2.
Research Organization:
Department of Physics, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York 13901
OSTI ID:
5369650
Journal Information:
Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States) Vol. 37:10; ISSN PRBMD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English