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• TITLE: Optimizing the Preparation Conditions of Bi-2223 Superconducting Phase Using PbO and PbO2

  AUTHORS: N. H. Mohammed, Ramadan Awad, A. I. Abou-Aly, I. H. Ibrahim, M. S. Hassan

  KEYWORDS: High-Temperature Superconductors; XRD; DSC; Transport Critical Current Density

  JOURNAL NAME: Materials Sciences and Applications, Vol.3 No.4, April 18, 2012

  ABSTRACT: In this work, superconducting samples of type (Bi1.8Pb0.4)Sr1.9Ca2.1Cu3O10+δ were prepared, with Pb0.4 composed of Pb0.2 2+ and Pb0.24+ , at different sintering temperatures ranging from 835℃to 855℃. The prepared samples were characterized using x-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscope (SEM), electron dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and differential scanning calorimetery (DSC). The superconducting properties were investigated using electrical resistivity and transport critical current density. Our results showed that the sample prepared at sintering temperature 845?C has the optimum value of superconducting transition temperature Tc and transport critical current density Jc.