Sy. You et al., PREPARATION OF SUBMICROMETER LA3CABA3CU7OY SUPERCONDUCTING POWDER WITH A POLYMERIC PRECURSOR METHOD USING DIFFERENT POLYPROTIC ACIDS, Superconductor science and technology, 11(8), 1998, pp. 800-802
Submicrometre La3CaBa3Cu7Oy (La-3137) superconducting powder is prepar
ed by a polymeric polyprotic acid (PA)/ethylene glycol (EG) derived pr
ecursor method. Six different PAs, oxalic acid, succinic acid, adipic
acid, malic aid, tartaric acid and citric acid, are selected. It is fo
und that of the six PAs citric acid gives the best results in terms of
the particle size, homogeneity, carbon residue and T-c values of the
resulting La-3137 superconducting powder.