THE STUDY OF MOSSBAUER-EFFECT IN EUBA2CU3O7-Y

EuBa2(Cu1-xFex)3O7-y has been investigated by the Fe-57 and Eu-151 Mossbauer effect. The Fe-57 Mossbauer spectra of the EuBa2(Cu1xFex)3O7-y without or with DC electric current (the current strength I = 0.5A) around the superconducting transition temperature have been measured. The results indicate that the isomer shift (IS) and the quadrupole splitting (QS) of the Fe replacing the Cu(2) vary neither with increasing the Fe content nor with the small DC eletric current passing the superconductor and that the IS and the QS of the Fe replacing the Cu(1) vary with the Fe content. Especially, the IS and the QS of the Fe (D3) replacing the Cu(1) are changed when the small electric current passes the superconductor at 80K.

SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN BI1.5PB0.4SBXSR2CA2CU2OY SYSTEM (X=0-0.32)

The effect of doping with various amount of Sb (0.06-0.32) to (Bi,Pb):Sr:Ca:Cu = 1:1:1:1 system were studied with XRD and Tc measurements. The presence of Sb promotes the conversion of low Tc phase (2212 phase) to high Tc phase (2223 phase) and at around Sb = 0.18 the 2212 phase nearly completely disappears; but at the same time a new phase of unknown structure appears even with Sb = 0.06 showing that the incorporation of Sb into the Bi-based superconducting phase is of very low concentration. Tc measurements show that the optimum concentration of Sb-doping is around 0.10 and that unknown phase has an adverse effect to the superconducting properties; a composition disproportion at the surface of pellet was observed.