Author(s)

M. Sumadiyasa, I. B. S. Manuaba, P. Suardana

Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Udayana University, Badung, Bali, Indonesia.

One of the basic ingredients in conventional preparation of cuprates-based superconducting materials such as the Nd-Ba-Cu-O superconducting system, especially the Nd₁Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ phase is Barium Carbonate (BaCO₃). It has the potential to produce the carbon dioxide (CO₂) air pollutant. Therefore it is necessary to look for other materials as the source of Ba atom which does not produce CO2 gas. In this research has been successfully made the Nd₁Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ phase with the Barium Hydroxide Octahydrate (Ba(OH)₂·8H₂O) as a source of Ba atom. The results of the characterization XRD has been shown the main peaks of the Nd₁Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ phase. Refinement of the XRD data by using Rietica software, obtained the value of GofF (Goodness of Fit) = 1.7023 and lattice parameter a ≈ b < c/3 with a value of c/3 = 3.9275 A.

Nd₁Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ Phase, Ba Atom, Barium Carbonate, Barium Hydroxide Octahydrate, GofF

Sumadiyasa, M. , Manuaba, I. and Suardana, P. (2018) Barium Hydroxide Octahydrate (Ba(OH)₂·8H₂O) as a Substitute Alternative for Barium Carbonate (BaCO₃) in Synthesis Superconductor of Nd₁Ba₂Cu₃O_7-δ Phase. Journal of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, 6, 117-124. doi: 10.4236/msce.2018.67013.