Superconductivity in the Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O compounds with noble metal additions
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Abstract
The Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O superconductors have been doped with various noble metals and their superconducting properties have been investigated. The resistivity and magnetic susceptibility measurements on sintered Bi4Sr3Ca2Cu4O16+x containing 20% by weight of Au, Ag, or Pt-group metals indicate that Au and the Pt-group metals significantly suppress or eliminate the superconducting transition in Bi-Sr-Ca-Cu-O. Only Ag is found to be benign, maintaining both the 115 and 85 K transitions in the compound. This nonpoisoning behavior of silver is of significant technical importance because of the need for a proper stabilizing normal metal for composite superconductor wire, nonreactive crucible materials for melt processing or crystal growth, and suitable nonpoisonous substrates or barriers for thin- or thick-film superconducting devices.
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