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GB2232664A
GB2232664A GB9012486A GB9012486A GB2232664A GB 2232664 A GB2232664 A GB 2232664A GB 9012486 A GB9012486 A GB 9012486A GB 9012486 A GB9012486 A GB 9012486A GB 2232664 A GB2232664 A GB 2232664A
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Abstract

A ceramic oxide material having a superconducting transition temperature (Tc) above 10K comprises a mixed oxide of bismuth, copper and one or more elements of Group 2 of the Periodic Table together with an addition of an oxide or oxides of one or more of indium, gallium, arsenic and scandium. Preferably, the one or more elements of Group 2 are strontium and calcium, and the addition is an indium oxide. A specific example is Bi1 &cirf& 5Pb0.4In0.1Sr2Ca2Cu3O9+x which is found to have a Tc of 65K. Within the above defined category of mixed ceramic oxides, the general formula Bi2-yInySr2CaCu2O8+x, where y is in the range 0.1 to 0.3 and x is a non-stoichiometric parameter, identifies a group of mixed ceramic oxides some of which have a Tc which is even higher still.

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Oxide Materials This invention relates to ceramic oxide materials having a superconducting transition temperature above 10K.
Since early 1986, certain families of ceramic oxide materials have been found to be superconductive at temperatures above the highest superconducting transition temperatures (Tc) known for metal alloys. One such family comprises material formulations based on ABxCuyOz and derivatives, where A is a metal in the oxidation state III and B is a metal in the oxidation state II. In an example of a member of such a family, A is bismuth and B is one or more elements of#Group 2 of the Periodic Table such as strontium and calcium. Moreover, it is known that such a member may be doped with lead and it is further known that further doping with small amounts of antimony can enhance the superconducting properties of such material. See Sol.
St. Comms., 69 (8), 867, 1989 which describes the material Bil.9#xPbxSb0.lSr2Ca2 Cu3Oz.
It has now been found that use of additions of one or more of indium, gallium and possibly arsenic in place of all or part of the lead or antimony or both in the above-mentioned known material can enhance the Tc of the material when compared with otherwise similar material containing antimony or lead or both.
Thus, in one aspect the invention provides a ceramic oxide material having a superconducting transition temperature above 10K comprising a mixed oxide of bismuth, copper and one or more elements of Group 2 of the Periodic Table together with an addition of an oxide or oxides of one or more of indium, gallium, arsenic and scandium.
Preferably, the one or more elements of Group 2 are strontium and calcium, and the addition is an indium oxide.
An example of a material of the invention is Bi1 5Pb0 41n0 lSr2Ca2Cu3O9+x.
It has been found that the above exemplified material, when made in the way exemplified hereinafter, has a Tc of 65K which is superior to that of the corresponding material, made in an equivalent way and also exemplified hereinafter, where antimony is substituted for indium and which has been found to have a Tc of 30K.
The formulae used herein may be empirical in the sense that they do not necessarily represent phases that are present in the material. For example, an X-ray powder diffraction pattern of the above example of a material of the invention detected the phases Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O9+x and Ca2PbO4.
Also, the subscripts x, y and z in the formulae herein cannot be precisely defined: they are used as an indication only, e.g. that there is a deficiency or surfeit of the element to which they are appended. Further, each formula is to be regarded as self-contained, e.g. x in one formula does not necessarily relate to x in another formula.
A group of mixed ceramic oxides falling within the general definition given above has now been identified, which group has the general formula Ri2-yInySr2CaCu208+xr where y is in the range from 0.1 to 0.3 and x is a non-stoichiometric parameter. Specific formulations falling within the above general formula have been found, in certain cases, to have Tc's of greater than 70K. A particular noteworthy such specific formulation is Bil.91n0.lSr2CaCu2O8+x, the electrical resistance value of which as a function of temperature are given hereinafter.
The materials of the invention are conveniently made, constituting a second aspect of the invention, by mixing oxides, or precursors of oxides, of the metals of the intended material in stoichiometric proportions to form a homogelleous mixture, and firing the mixture, for example at about 7500K to give the material. Conditions of firing are generally found to influence the superconducting properties of the material. In particular, we have found that formation of the desired superconducting phase is enhanced by firing at a temperature which is raised as high as it can be without any melting within the mixture. If the firing temperature is reduced below this level, there is formation of another phase, the Tc of which is very much lower than that of the desired superconducting phase.
The ceramic oxide materials can be made as artefacts or fabricated into artefacts so that they can be used as or in electrical devices.
The invention will now be particularly described, by way of example only, as follows where reference will be made to the accompanying drawing, the sole figure of which is a graph showing the relationship between electrical resistance and temperature for a mixed ceramic oxide of the invention: EXAMPLE 1 Preparation of Material Oxides of bismuth, lead, indium, strontium, calcium and copper, each of not less than 99% purity, and in relative proportions corresponding to the formula Bil.5Pb0.41n0.lSr2Ca2Cu3O9+x were wet milled or wet ball milled using hexane or acetone as the liquid phase and alumina balls. The liquid was then allowed to evaporate to leave a dry mixture which was then ground mechanically and pressed into cylindrical pellets (ca. llmm diameter and 3mm thick).The pellets were fired in alumina crucibles in air at a temperature held as high as practicable without melting as judged by X-ray powder diffraction (about 7500C).
Properties of Material (i) Structure X-ray powder diffraction using a Siemens D500 diffractometer and Cuki radiation showed the phases Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O9+x and Ca2PbO4 to be present in the above material.
(ii) Electrical Resistance The above prepared pellet was lowered into a fixed temperature cryostat using a specially designed probe and its resistance as a function of temperature measured using a standard four point contact technique; a constant current was passed through two outer points and voltage drop measured across the inner two via a Keithly meter linked to a microcomputer that also measured temperature in real time via a thermocouple adjacent the pellet. A zero resistance condition (Tc) was identified at 65K.
(iii) Magnetic Susceptibility Measurements A coil was wound around a ferrite core and the above prepared pellet pressed up against it from above at the end of a probe and lowered into a fixed temperature cryostat.
The magnetic susceptibility of the pellet was measured as a function of temperature using a Hewlett-Packard AC meter normally operated at 10KHz Tc, identified by a steep drop in inductance, was again found to be 65K.
COMPARATIVE EXPERIMENT The precedure of the above example was repeated for the known material Bi1 5Pb0 4Sb0 lSr2Ca2Cu3O9+x.
Tc was found to be 30K using both resistance and magnetic susceptibility measurements.
EXAMPLE II Preparation of Mixed Ceramic Oxide Oxides of bismuth, indium, strontium, calcium and copper, each of not less than 99% purity and in relative proportions corresponding to the formula Bi1.91n0.lSr2CaCu2O9 were wet milled or wet ball milled using hexane or acetone as the liquid phase and alumina balls. The liquid was then allowed to evaporate to leave a dry mixture which was then ground mechanically and pressed into cylindrical pellets (ca. 11 mm diameter and 3 mm thick). The pellets were fired in alumina crucibles in air at a temperature sufficient to cause reaction and held as high as practicable without melting as judged by X-ray powder diffraction (about 7500C).
Electrical Resistance Properties of Mixed Ceramic Oxide The above prepared pellet was lowered into a fixed temperature cryostat using a probe and its resistance as a function of temperature measured using a standard four point contact technique; a constant current was passed through two outer points and voltage drop measured across the inner two via a Keithly meter linked to a microcomputer that also measured temperature in real time via a thermocouple adjacent the pellet.
The results are shown in the sole figure of the accompanying drawings which indicate stepped decreases in resistance at 75,80 and 150K corresponding to different components of the phase mixture.

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1. A ceramic oxide material having a superconducting transition temperature above 10K comprising a mixed oxide of bismuth, copper and one or more elements of Group 2 of the Periodic Table together with an addition of an oxide or oxides of one or more of indium, gallium, arsenic and scandium.
2. A ceramic oxide material as claimed in claim 1, wherein the said one or more elements of Group 2 comprise one or both of strontium and calcium.
3. A ceramic oxide as claimed in claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the said addition is an indium oxide.
4. A ceramic oxide as claimed in claim 3, having the formula Bil.SPb0.41n0.lSr2Ca2Cu3O9+x and fabricated to provide superconductivity at a temperature of 65K or less.
5. A ceramic oxide material as claimed in claim 1, characterised by the general formula Bi2#yInySr2CaCu2O8+x, where y is in the range 0.1 to 0.3 and x is a non-stoichiometric parameter.
6. A ceramic oxide as claimed in claim 5, having the formula Bil.91n0.lSr2CaCu2O8+x.
7. A method of manufacturing a ceramic oxide material as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6, which method comprises mixing oxides, or precursors of oxides of the metals of the intended mixed ceramic oxide formulation in stoichiometric proportions to form a homogeneous mixture, and firing at a temperature for causing inter-reaction to form ceramic oxide material.
8. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the said homogeneous mixture is fired at a temperature at which there is no melting but which is as close as practicable to that at which melting occurs.
9. A ceramic oxide material made according to Example I or Example II as herein described.
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