Electrical and mechanical properties of (Bi,Pb)-2223 substitutedby holmium

W. ABDEEN; S. MARAHBA; R. AWAD; A. I. ABOU ALY; I. H. IBRAHIM; M. MATAR

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Journal of Advanced Ceramics 2016, 5(1): 54-69 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-015-0173-x

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Electrical and mechanical properties of (Bi,Pb)-2223 substitutedby holmium

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), S. MARAHBA^{^c}, R. AWAD^{^c}, A. I. ABOU ALY^{^a}, I. H. IBRAHIM^{^a}, M. MATAR^{^a}

^a Superconductivity and Metallic Glass Lab, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

^c Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beirut Arab University （BAU）, Beirut, Lebanon

^b Physics Department, University College at Al-Gamom, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia

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(Bi,Pb)-2223 phase, Ho substitution, Vickers microhardness, bipolaron model, pesudogap temperature

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ABDEEN W, MARAHBA S, AWAD R, et al. Electrical and mechanical properties of (Bi,Pb)-2223 substitutedby holmium. Journal of Advanced Ceramics, 2016, 5(1): 54-69. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40145-015-0173-x

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The effect of the partial substitution of Ca²⁺ by Ho³⁺ ions on the electrical and mechanical properties of the superconducting phase (Bi,Pb)-2223 was studied. Superconducting samples of the type (Bi_1.8Pb_0.4)Sr₂Ca_2.1−xHo_xCu_3.1O_10+δ were prepared by solid-state reaction technique under ambient pressure, and characterized by means of X-ray powder diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The superconducting transition temperature T_c and pseudogap temperature T^* were estimated from electrical resistivity measurements, while the critical current density J_c was determined from I–V curves. The electrical resistivity data were discussed according to bipolaron model in the absence of thermally excited individual polarons. The sample with x = 0.025 showed the highest phase volume fraction, T_c, and J_c. Room temperature Vickers microhardness measurements were carried out at different applied loads (0.25–5 N) in order to investigate the performance of the mechanical properties of (Bi_1.8Pb_0.4)Sr₂Ca_2.1−xHo_xCu_3.1O_10+δ phase. It was found that all the samples exhibit normal indentation size effect (ISE). The Vickers microhardness number H_V increased as x increased from 0 to 0.025. The experimental results were discussed in view of Meyer’s law, Hays–Kendall (HK) approach, elastic/plastic deformation (EPD) model, and proportional specimen resistance (PSR) model. The load independent (true) microhardness of (Bi_1.8Pb_0.4)Sr₂Ca_2.1−xHo_xCu_3.1O_10+δ superconducting samples showed identical behavior to that of the PSR model.

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Electrical and mechanical properties of (Bi,Pb)-2223 substitutedby holmium

Show Author's information Hide Author's Information W. ABDEEN^{^a^,^b}(

), S. MARAHBA^{^c}, R. AWAD^{^c}, A. I. ABOU ALY^{^a}, I. H. IBRAHIM^{^a}, M. MATAR^{^a}

^a Superconductivity and Metallic Glass Lab, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

^c Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Beirut Arab University （BAU）, Beirut, Lebanon

^b Physics Department, University College at Al-Gamom, Umm Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia

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Keywords: (Bi,Pb)-2223 phase, Ho substitution, Vickers microhardness, bipolaron model, pesudogap temperature

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