Structural and Electrical Anomalies of Ba2YCu3O7-y at the Oxygen Stoichiometry of 6.48

Abstract
Ba2YCu3O7-y (7-y\fallingdotseq6.48) was prepared by quenching a specimen from 735–738°C in air, and subsequently annealing at 420°C in a sealed gold capsule. The material may have been a superconductor for about 3 min after the opening of the gold capsule, but it changed to a nonsuperconducting material with high electrical resistivity by the reaction with moisture in air. The lattice constants of the material are abnormal, and a superstructure was observed for 30–40% of the particles by electron microscopy.

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