STRUCTURAL AND SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES OF Y1-2XCAXPRXBA2CU3O7-GAMMA

• Samples of the nominal composition Y1-2xCaxPrxBa2Cu3O7-delta with 0 less-than-or-equal-to x less-than-or-equal-to 0.4 have been studied by X-ray diffraction techniques, chemical analyses, and measurements of the super conducting transition temperature and the upper critical magnetic field. For x less-than-or-equal-to 0.25, the results indicate that Ca and Pr can both replace Y in agreement with the nominal composition, while for x > 0.25 only Pr enters the orthorhombic unit cell. Compared to Pr substitution in 1:2:3 we observe small changes in the depression of T(c) and strong changes in the critical field slopes. These results suggest that if Pr has a magnetic pair-breaking effect, it is close to being temperature independent.

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

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NORMAL-STATE PROPERTIES

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