Ceramic superconductors YBa_(2-X)(A)_(S)Cu_(3)O_(7-Y), where A=Ca or Sr, were made for several different values of X
X-ray powder diffraction, SEM, magnetigation, and resistivity versus temperature measurements were carried out to study the effects o...
Ceramic superconductors YBa_(2-X)(A)_(S)Cu_(3)O_(7-Y), where A=Ca or Sr, were made for several different values of X
X-ray powder diffraction, SEM, magnetigation, and resistivity versus temperature measurements were carried out to study the effects of Ca and Sr substitutions into 1:2:3 type superconductors on the superconducting characteristics.
Both ca and Sr substitutions were observed to observed to suppress the critcal temperatuse strongly, but Sr substitution seems to the more effective in the suppression mechanism.
The decrease of Tc seems to be due to the change in oxygen concentration induced by the Ca and/or Sr substitution.
This implies that the variation of critical temperature has close relation with that of mobile hole concentration in the Cu-O planes.