Improved single crystal growth in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O system using a sealed cavity technique

• Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O single crystals obtained thus far commonly have a very small thickness in the c-axis because of the weak bonding between two adjacent BiO layers and the high vapour pressure of Bi2O3 at high temperature. To overcome these difficulties a presintered SrCaCu4O6 was used to seal the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O melt from which the single crystals grew during slow cooling. In the SrCaCu4O6 sealed cavity the Bi loss through vaporization was prevented and Sr and Ca were enriched in the superconducting crystals. The resulting single crystals have a dimension of up to 3.0×1.5×0.7 mm3, which is two orders of magnitude thicker than those grown from alkali chloride flux. The composition of the crystals is Bi2.2Sr1.8Ca0.75Cu1.8Ox and they possess a zero resistance at temperature above liquid nitrogen

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik -- Annan materialteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering -- Other Materials Engineering (hsv//eng)

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Materialteknik

Engineering Materials

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