Abstract
La2 CaCu2 O6 can be made superconducting by doping Ca or Sr in the form of La2x(Sr,Ca)x CaCu2 O6+δ and by synthesis under high O2 pressures of more than 4 atm. Superconducting properties of La2x Ca1+x Cu2 O6±δ (0.08≤x≤0.25) and La2x Srx CaCu2 O6±δ (0.07≤x≤0.23) as functions of composition (x) and oxygen partial pressure during synthesis (PO2 up to 400 atm) were investigated by measuring their electrical resistivity and magnetic susceptibility. In both compounds, the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) increased with increasing x and PO2, and showed almost the same maximum Tc (zero) of about 51 K at the solubility limit of Ca or Sr in La (x≊0.25) with PO2 at 400 atm, although at a lower PO2, Tc (zero) was higher in a Sr-doped compound than that of a Ca- doped compound. Nonsuperconducting or weakly superconducting La2x Ca1+x Cu2