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Last Update to Data Content: 1996

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18434/T4KP8J


Bibliographic Information

Title: Thermal Expansion Measurements Using Neutron Diffraction of (Bi, Pb)2Ca2Sr2Cu3Ox
Author(s): R.H. Arendt, M.F. Garbauskas, C.A. Meyer, F.J. Rotella, J.D. Jorgensen, and R.L. Hitterman
Publication: Physica C Volume: 194 Issue: Not Available Year: 1992 Page(s): 397-402
Editor(s): Not Available
Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.
Language: English
Notes: Not Available
Keywords: Material Specification, Crystallography, Critical Temperature, Thermal Expansion

Materials and Properties

Bi:2223; [Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O]
Material Specification for Bi:2223; [Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O] Process: Solid State Reaction
Notes: The authors cite R.H. Arendt et al., J. Mater. Res., Vol. 5, 33 (1990), and summarize the procedure as follows. "The sample used in this experiment was prepared using a relatively conventional solid-state reaction at 860 °C for 250 h in an air atmosphere, where excesses of 0.75 formulas of CaO and CuO were present to drive the reaction to completion."
Formula: Bi2-xPbxCa2Sr2Cu3Oy
Informal Name: Bi:2223
Chemical Family: Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O
Chemical Class: Oxide
Structure Type:
Manufacturer: In House
Commercial Name: In House
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Crystallography for Bi:2223; [Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O]
Crystal System: Tetragonal
Formula Units per Cell:
Space Group:
Cell Parameters
Environment () Temp K a Å b Å c Å
Air 300 3.8367 -- 37.223
Air 400 3.8413 -- 37.302
Air 500 3.8480 -- 37.396
Air 600 3.8530 -- 37.497
p(O2) 300 3.8359 -- 37.219
p(O2) 400 3.8411 -- 37.310
p(O2) 500 3.8470 -- 37.406
p(O2) 600 3.8533 -- 37.502
O2 300 3.8356 -- 37.220
O2 400 3.8409 -- 37.305
O2 500 3.4731 -- 37.400
O2 600 3.8530 -- 37.502
Ar 300 3.8379 -- 37.260
Ar 400 3.8434 -- 37.350
Ar 500 3.8482 -- 37.435
Ar 600 3.8534 -- 37.515
Measurement Method: Neutron diffraction
"The neutron diffraction measurements were made on the special environment powder diffractometer... at IPNS. For the experiment, the... powder was die pressed into 9.5 mm... diameter... 12 mm... long pellets, which were placed in a Ag foil lined quartz glass capsule. The pressed pellets were briefly heated to 800 °C to relieve the strains induced in them by the pressing operation. The capsule was mounted in the high-temperature controlled-environment furnace... Data were taken over 20 min intervals, as the sample temperature was ramped, at 1°C min-1... Rietveld analysis was used to determine the lattice parameters... Since the sample temperature lagged behind the furnace temperature, the Ag lattice parameter was used to calculate the sample temperature... Data were collected in flowing (200 cm3 min-1) air, 0.980% oxygen in nitrogen, pure oxygen, and pure argon. Thermal expansion coefficients were determined from the neutron diffraction data by means of a linear least-squares fit of the temperature dependence of the lattice parameters."

Cautions: Evaluated Data
Digitized data were obtained from Figures 2, 4, 6, and 8 of the paper.
Critical Temperature for Bi:2223; [Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O]
Critical Temperature (K)
107
Measurement Method: Ac susceptibility

Cautions: Unevaluated Data
No measurement details were noted.
Thermal Expansion for Bi:2223; [Bi(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O]
Axis () Environment () Thermal Expansion (10-6 K-1)
a Ar 14.20
c Ar 23.65
a p(O2) 15.25
c p(O2) 25.81
a Air 14.91
c Air 25.03
a O2 15.24
c O2 26.52
Measurement Method: Neutron diffraction
"The neutron diffraction measurements were made on the special environment powder diffractometer... at IPNS. For the experiment, the... powder was die pressed into 9.5 mm... diameter... 12 mm... long pellets, which were placed in a Ag foil lined quartz glass capsule. The pressed pellets were briefly heated to 800 °C to relieve the strains induced in them by the pressing operation. The capsule was mounted in the high-temperature controlled-environment furnace... Data were taken over 20 min intervals, as the sample temperature was ramped, at 1°C min-1... Rietveld analysis was used to determine the lattice parameters... Since the sample temperature lagged behind the furnace temperature, the Ag lattice parameter was used to calculate the sample temperature... Data were collected in flowing (200 cm3 min-1) air, 0.980% oxygen in nitrogen, pure oxygen, and pure argon. Thermal expansion coefficients were determined from the neutron diffraction data by means of a linear least-squares fit of the temperature dependence of the lattice parameters."

Cautions: Evaluated Data
The notation p(O2) represents 0.980 vol.% O2 in N2.