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Rapid Solidification of YBa2Cu3O7−x, EuBa2Cu3O7−x, and GdBa2Cu3O7−x

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

J. Mckittrick
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA. 02139
M. E. Mchenry
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA. 02139
P. Standley
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA. 02139
C. Heremans
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA. 02139
T. R. S. Prasanna
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA. 02139
G. Kalonn
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA. 02139
R. C. O'handley
Affiliation:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Cambridge, MA. 02139
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Abstract

Rapid solidification of YBa2Cu3O7−x, EuBa2Cu3O7−x and GdBa2Cu3O7−x has resulted in the formation of amorphous materials with crystallization temperatures in the range of 730–750°C. Higher temperature anneals in oxygen result in the evolution of the orthorhombic phase. The peritectic decomposition temperature for MBa2Cu3O7−x→M2BaCuO7 + liquid (M=Y, Eu, Gd) is in the range of 1035–1085°C with the Eu and Gd compositions having the highest values.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1988

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