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Ba1−xKxBiO3 Superconducting Crystals with New Solubility Limit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

H. Y. Tang
Affiliation:
Materials Science Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
W. L. Chen
Affiliation:
Materials Science Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
W. J. Wen
Affiliation:
Materials Science Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
M. K. Wu
Affiliation:
Materials Science Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
M. L. Norton
Affiliation:
Materials Science Center, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Abstract

Crystalline bismuthates Ba1−xKxBiO3 with x greater than 0.5 are obtained by a low temperature anodic electrocrystallization method in a potassium hydroxide molten flux. The x = 0.56 bismuthate crystal shows 8K superconductivity determined by AC magnetic susceptibility.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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