Oxides and oxide superconductors: Elastic and related properties

Thesis/Dissertation · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:7110557

Ming, Lei

Using both measurements and modeling, the elastic and related properties of some oxides and oxide superconductors were studied. The polycrystal elastic constants were measured using a MHz-frequency pulse-echo method between 295 and 4 K and corrected to the void-free state by using a model for a composite material containing spherical particles. The elastic moduli of the high-{Tc} superconductor YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub 7} (YBCO) were compared with that of oxides, especially the perovskites BaTiO{sub 3} and SrTiO{sub 3}, which are crystal-structure building blocks for the YBCO superconductor. The bulk moduli were also calculated using a Born ionic model with two energy terms: electrostatic (Madelung) and ion-core-repulsion. The calculated bulk modulus of YBCO, 98 GPa, agrees well with measurement, 101 GPa. Based on monocrystal measurements combined with analysis-theory, elastic stiffnesses C{sub ij} for orthorhombic YBCO were estimated. The bulk modulus obtained from the estimated C{sub ij} by the Voigt-Reuss-Hill averaging method agrees with the monocrystal measurement.

• Research Organization: Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO (United States)
• OSTI ID: 7110557
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
BARIUM COMPOUNDS
BARIUM OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
COPPER COMPOUNDS
COPPER OXIDES
CRYSTALS
ELASTICITY
HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS
MEASURING METHODS
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PEROVSKITES
POLYCRYSTALS
STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS
STRONTIUM TITANATES
SUPERCONDUCTORS
TENSILE PROPERTIES
TITANATES
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
YOUNG MODULUS
YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS
YTTRIUM OXIDES