Effect of praseodymium substitution on the growth and properties of Y1−x Pr x Ba2Cu3O7−δ (o |
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Authors: | Veer Singh Subhash C Kashyap |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, 110 016 Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India |
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Abstract: | In the present paper, a modified self-flux technique has been successfully employed for the growth of pure and praseodymium substituted (partially) large single crystals of high temperature superconducting Y1−x Pr x Ba2Cu3O7−δ (x = 0·0,0·2,0·4). Typical sizes of the platy and bulky crystals of pure YBCO(123) material are ≈ 2 × 2 × 0·1 mm3 and 4 × 1 × 1 mm3, respectively. In case of Pr-substitution, the typical sizes of platy and bulky crystals of Y0·8Pr0·2Ba2Cu3O7−δ and Y0·6Pr0·4Ba2Cu3O7−δ materials are ≈ 2 × 3 × 0·1 mm3 and 5 × 1 × 1 mm3 and ≈ 1 × 1·5 × 0·1 mm3 and 7 × 0·2 × 0·1 mm3, respectively. The morphology and growth habit of the as-grown single crystals and the critical transition temperature (T c) of the oxygenated crystals were found to depend on the Pr-content. Paper presented at the poster session of MRSI AGM VI, Kharagpur, 1995 |
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Keywords: | High temperature superconductor crystal growth Y1− x Pr x Ba2Cu3O7− δ |
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