ISSN:
1551-2916
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
The phase relations in the silver-strontium-copper-oxygen (Ag-Sr-Cu-O) and silver-calcium-copper-oxygen (Ag-Ca-Cu-O) systems were studied in oxygen, air, and nitrogen environments, using differential thermal analysis and energy-dispersive X-ray spectrometry. The presence of silver reduces the melting temperature of the oxide liquid to a monotectic in the strontium- and calcium-containing systems by 62 and 82 K, respectively (to 1222 and 1244 K, respectively) in oxygen. The oxide liquid dissolves silver (up to a metallic ratio of 0.17) in the Ag-Sr-Cu-O system in oxygen at a temperature slightly higher than that required for monotectic reaction. In the Ag-Ca-Cu-O system, the silver content has been measured to be 0.29 (metallic ratio). The oxide systems have been optimized using the experimental data from monotectics and those from lower-order systems that have been published previously. This work is part of a project to evaluate the phase relations within the silver-bismuth-strontium-calcium-copper-oxygen (Ag-Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O) system and, in particular, to focus on the influence of silver on the phase equilibria around the superconducting phases during partial-melt processing.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb02283.x
