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Structure of the high-T/sub c/ superconductor Ba/sub 2/YCu/sub 3/O/sub x/ at 750 /sup 0/C using neutron diffraction

Journal Article · · Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter; (United States)
The crystal structure of the high-T/sub c/ superconductor Ba/sub 2/YCu/sub 3/O/sub x/ at 750 /sup 0/C was elucidated using Rietveld analysis of neutron powder diffraction data. We find that the phase is tetragonal at this temperature, with space group P4/mmm, and lattice constants a = 3.8823 A and c = 11.826 A. This is an oxygen deficient triperovskite, in which Ba and Y ions are ordered along the c axes in Ba-Y-Ba-Ba sequence. The occupation factors of the oxygen sites 4i, 2g, 2f are 0.97, 1.00, 0.33, respectively. The total number of the oxygen atoms per unit cell is 6.54.
Research Organization:
Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Box 603, Beijing, People's Republic of China
OSTI ID:
5451887
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