Author/Authors :
Makadsi, M.N. University of Baghdad - College of Science - Department of Physics, Iraq , Hermiz, G.Y. University of Baghdad - College of Science - Department of Physics, Iraq , AL-Ani, S.K. University of Baghdad - College of Science - Department of Physics, Iraq , AL-Shakarchi, E.KH. University of Al-Nahrain - College of Science - Department of Physics, Iraq
Abstract :
High temperature superconductors with a nominal composition (Bi0.8Pb0.2)2(Sr1- yBay)2Ca2Cu3O10+δ for y equals to (0,0.1,0.2,0.3,0.4) were prepared by a solid state reaction method .The effect of sintering time ,sintering temperature, oxygen content and barium addition on the superconductivity has been investigated to obtain the optimum conditions for the formation of the high Tc phase (2223). It has been found that a small amount of (Ba=0.1) raises the transition temperature from 80 to 122K while when Ba equal 0.3 there is a decrease of Tc to 98K, and for Ba equals 0.4 its resistivity increased the behavior of the composition converts to semiconductor. X-ray diffraction showed an orthorhombic structure with an increase of cell volume and the peaks of the high-Tc phase for the samples doped with Ba as compared with that has no barium content. Scanning electron microscopy has been used to evidence the morphology of the superconducting phases .The microstructures are characterized by thin elongated grains with no preferred orientation.
