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Title: Superconductivity of the Pr-substituted (Nd/sub 1-x/Pr/sub x/)Ba/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-/delta// system

Journal Article · · Int. J. Mod. Phys. B; (United States)

Electrical, magnetic and crystallographic measurements have been carried out for the pseudoquaternary (Nd/sub 1-x/Pr/sub x/)Ba/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7-/delta// system. Orthorhombic phase persists from chi = 0.0 up to chi = 0.7 and transforms into the tetragonal structure only for chi /ge/ 0.8. Superconducting transition temperature T/sub c/ decreases linearly from 92 K for chi = 0.0 to below 10 K for chi = 0.3 and extrapolated to 0 K around chi = 0.35. Magnetic susceptibility indicates that the valence of the Pr ion is close to 4+. Pr/sup 4+/ is a very powerful oxidizing agent and may distort or move oxygen away from the Cu-O chain and/or the /CuO/sub 2/ planes and seriously suppress superconductivity.

Research Organization:
National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan). Dept. of Physics
OSTI ID:
5828192
Journal Information:
Int. J. Mod. Phys. B; (United States), Vol. 2:6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English