Spectrophotometric determination of oxygen content in calcium substituted RBCO (R=Eu, Gd, Er) superconductors

• Authors: Angelina Stoyanova-Ivanova , Tsvetanka Nedeltcheva , Latinka Vladimirova
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The oxygen stoichiometry in R1−x
CaxBa2Cu3Oy (R=Eu, Er, Gd; x=0, 0.2, 0.25, 0.3) superconducting bulk samples was determined spectrophotometrically. The dependence of the critical temperature on the y-oxygen coefficient and the x-coefficient of the included calcium was studied.

Keywords

EN

RBCO superconductors; Ca-substitution; oxygen content; spectrophotometric determination

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Chemistry
• Year: 2005
• Volume: 3
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 432-440

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2005

online

1 - 9 - 2005

Contributors

author

Angelina Stoyanova-Ivanova

• Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784, Sofia, Bulgaria

author

Tsvetanka Nedeltcheva

• Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72 Tzarigradsko Chaussee Blvd., 1784, Sofia, Bulgaria

author

Latinka Vladimirova

• Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, 8 Kl. Ohridski, 1756, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/BF02479273