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Nucleation and growth kinetics of the tetragonal to orthorhombic transition in YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-//sub partial/

Journal Article · · J. Appl. Phys.; (United States)
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.341755· OSTI ID:7032449
The nucleation and growth geometry of the tetragonal to orthorhombic transformation in YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub x/ is determined to be grain-boundary nucleation after saturation. In this geometry the orthorhombic phase rapidly nucleates along the grain boundaries, then propagates into the grains as a planar front governed by the much slower volume diffusion of oxygen. This conclusion is reached by fitting the volume fraction of the superconducting, and hence orthorhombic, phase as a function of annealing time at 400 /sup 0/C to the Avrami relation. The volume fraction of the superconducting phase is obtained using magnetization versus field data.
Research Organization:
Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439
OSTI ID:
7032449
Journal Information:
J. Appl. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: J. Appl. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 64:4; ISSN JAPIA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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