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Relative Reactivity Trends OP High Temperature Superconductor Phases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

David R. Riley ,
Ji-Ping Zhou ,
A. Manthiram  and
John T. McDevitt
David R. Riley
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712–1167
Ji-Ping Zhou
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712–1167
A. Manthiram
Affiliation:
Center for Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712–1167
John T. McDevitt
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712–1167
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Abstract

Many of the high temperature superconductor phases degrade rapidly when in the presence of water, acids, carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide. In order to foster more rapid developments in the area of high-Tc research, it will be necessary to acquire a more complete understanding of the surface chemistry of these superconducting materials. In this paper, the relative reactivity of the common cuprate phases toward water is reported. X-ray powder diffraction and scanning electron microscopy measurements are utilized here to establish the reactivity trends.

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