Wet chemical determination of the oxygen content in YBa2Cu4Ozsamples synthesized by various methods

Abstract
The oxygen contents in YBa2Cu4Oz samples have been determined by two wet chemical redox methods, i.e. by Coulometric and iodometric titrations. Three different samples, synthesized by sol-gel, LiF catalyst and O2 hot-isostatic-press (HIP) techniques, are studied. The results of the two titration methods agree well with each other for all samples. The oxygen content z appears to be dependent on the oxygen pressure applied during the synthesis, since z values slightly below the stoichiometric number of 8.00 have been obtained for the samples prepared under 1 atm oxygen pressure, while for the O2 HIP treated sample the observed oxygen content is Z=8.00+or-0.01.