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Stability diagram for the system YBa[sub 2]Cu[sub 3]O[sub 7[minus]x]

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States)
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  1. Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN (United States). School of Materials Engineering
The dependence of the degree of nonstoichiometry of YBa[sub 2]Cu[sub 3]O[sub 7[minus]x] (123) on temperature and oxygen pressure has been determined by thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) in the temperature range 400 to 950 C and the oxygen pressure range 10[sup [minus]6] to 1 atm. The nature of the decomposition of 123 in the temperature range 750 to 950 C and the oxygen pressure range 10[sup [minus]6] to 10[sup [minus]2] atm has been determined by TGA and X-ray diffractometry (XRD). As the oxygen pressure decreases, the decomposition of 123 follows the sequence 123 [r arrow] Y[sub 2]BaCuO[sub 5] (211) + BaCuO[sub 2] + Cu[sub 2]O [r arrow] 211 + BaCuO[sub 2] + BaCu[sub 2]O[sub 2] [r arrow] 211 + YBa[sub 3]Cu[sub 2]O[sub x] (132) + BaCu[sub 2]O[sub 2] [r arrow] 211 + BaCu[sub 2]O[sub 2] + BaO. The incongruent melting temperatures have been determined in the oxygen pressure range 10[sup [minus]6] to 1 atm by differential thermal analysis, and the phases formed on solidification have been identified by XRD. The stability diagram for the composition 123 has been constructed.
OSTI ID:
7233568
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of the American Ceramic Society; (United States) Vol. 77:3; ISSN 0002-7820; ISSN JACTAW
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English