Structural phase transformation in the superconducting YLaxBa2−xCu3O7 compounds
- 30 May 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 52 (22) , 1901-1903
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.99738
Abstract
An orthorhombic‐to‐tetragonal phase transformation in YLaxBa2−xCu3O7 has been observed as a function of x, but with the same oxygen concentration, from x‐ray powder diffraction data. Compounds with x≤0.37 have Tc in the 93–53 K range and are orthorhombic, while compounds with x≥0.45 have Tc≤42 K and are tetragonal. An analysis of the YLa0.6Ba1.4Cu3O6.99 diffraction pattern suggests that the tetragonal structure is closely related to those of the orthorhombic YBa2Cu3O7 and the tetragonal YBa2Cu3O6 with a partial substitution of La3+ ion on the Ba2+ site and a disorder of oxygen atoms at the midpoints of both a and b unit cell edges.Keywords
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