Influence of Rare-Earth (Doped) on Low-Density Bi1.6Pb0.4Sr2Ca1.9RE0.1Cu3Oδ (RE=Nd, Er) Superconductors via Co-Precipitation Method
Effect of Ca doped by rare-earth elements, Nd and Er (x=0.10) on the structural and transport properties of low density Bi1.6Pb0.4Sr2Ca1,9RE0.1Cu3Oδ (RE=Nd,Er) samples have been investigated. The samples have been prepared via co-precipitation (COP) method from precipitate of saturated solutions of metal acetates, iso-propanol solution and oxalic acid. The metal oxalates powder was subjected to thermal treatment of 24 hours calcination at 845oC and mixed with 0.10 g sucrose C12H22O11 which is used as supplementary filler. The pelletized powder was heated for 2 hours at 400 oC and sintered for at 850oC for 48 hours. All samples show a single step transition in the R-T curves. The critical current density (Jc) and transition temperature (Tczero) for both Nd and Er doped with x = 0.10 were found to be lower than standard samples. Tczero obtained varies between 98 K and 66 K. XRD data showed the decrease of volume fraction for the Bi-2223 phase and increase of the volume fraction Bi-2212 phase with the doping of Nd and Er.