Abstract
The introduction of the Co both as natural Co and as the Mössbauer active 57Co into a Tl-based 1223 superconductor was investigated. The Co-doped superconductors of the composition (Tl0.5Pb0.5)(Ba0.2Sr0.8)2Ca2(Cu1-xCox)3Oy (x: 0.01, 0.03, 0.05 and 0.10) were characterised with respect to critical temperature, critical current densities, microstructure and composition of the superconducting and secondary phases. Co doping at these low levels decreased the critical temperatures by 4 K to 113 K for x = 0.01, and by 15 K to 102 K for x = 0.03 and by 35 K to 82 K for x = 0.05. Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis showed that Co was incorporated in the superconducting crystallites. The Mössbauer emission spectrum of 57Co was resolved into a slightly asymmetric doublet, assigned to Co substituting for Cu in the square planar, four fold oxygen co-ordinated site.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 565 - 570 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Physica C: Superconductivity |
Volume | 377 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2002 |
Fields of science
- 104005 Electrochemistry
- 104006 Solid state chemistry
- 104014 Surface chemistry
- 104017 Physical chemistry
- 105113 Crystallography
- 105116 Mineralogy
- 503013 Subject didactics of natural sciences
- 204 Chemical Process Engineering
- 204001 Inorganic chemical technology
- 205016 Materials testing
- 210006 Nanotechnology
- 211104 Metallurgy