Ji. Gorina et al., Growth and structural and superconducting properties of Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 (Bi2223) crystals grown in cavities formed in solution-melt KCl, SOL ST COMM, 110(5), 1999, pp. 287-292
Undoped Bi2223 single crystals were obtained by free growth in gas cavities
formed in solution-melt KCl. The crystals had a platelet-like shape with d
imensions of up to 1 x 1 x 0.003 mm(3) and mirror surfaces. Chemical compos
ition corresponded to Bi2.11Sr2.02Ca1.75Cu2.81Ox X-ray diffraction analysis
showed that the best crystals contained (97 divided by 95)% Bi2223 phase,
whereas the remaining crystals consisted of Bi2223 phase, interlayered with
either Bi2212 or Bi4435 phase layers of different thickness. The critical
temperature of all samples was T-c = (109 +/- 1) K. The resistivity ratios
along different axes at 300 K were rho(a)/rho(b) less than or equal to 3 an
d rho(c)/rho(ab) approximate to 10(4). In the best crystal, rho(ab) = 2.8 x
10(-4) Ohm x cm at T = 300 K. The Hall coefficient at T = 120 K was R-H =
1.5 x 10(-9) m(3)/C and the Hall concentration was n = 4.1 x 10(27) m(-3).
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