Electrical & magnetic properties of YBa2Cu3+xO7+d (x=0, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, 1) superconducting materials, prepared by standard solid state reaction technique, is reported. X-ray diffraction pattern of the samples show that the structure of the samples were orthorhombic and single phase. The superconducting transition temperature Tc was determined from DC resistance and AC susceptibility measurement. DC resistance measurement for YBa2Cu3+xO7+d sample with x=0 showed a sharp superconducting transition having an onset temperature of about 91K. The AC resistance measurement also showed that the transition temperature Tc decreases as the copper concentration in the sample increases.The oxidation states of the samples increase with increasing copper content. It was observed that Tc decreases as copper content increases in the samples. The YBa2Cu4O7+d sample is a suppression of 2nd order phase transition (orthorhombic to tetragonal), which is a well known characteristic feature of YBa2Cu3O7+d superconductor. The stable oxygen content in YBa2Cu4O7+d makes the structure thermodynamically stable than the YBa2Cu3O7+d and as a result, no oxygen vacancies or twin structures are present in the YBa2Cu4O7+d sample.
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N. H. Khan; M. T. E. C. ; M. Huq, "Investigation of Electrical and Magnetic properties of YBa2Cu3+xO7+d Superconductor", Journal of Ultra Scientist of Physical Sciences, Volume 20, Issue 2, Page Number 325-330, 2018Copy the following to cite this URL:
N. H. Khan; M. T. E. C. ; M. Huq, "Investigation of Electrical and Magnetic properties of YBa2Cu3+xO7+d Superconductor", Journal of Ultra Scientist of Physical Sciences, Volume 20, Issue 2, Page Number 325-330, 2018Available from: http://ultraphysicalsciences.org/paper/1307/
