H. Kutami et al., DIRECT SYNTHESIS OF ORTHORHOMBIC VBA2CU3OX BY USING BA(NO3)(2) AS A FLUX, Nippon Seramikkusu Kyokai gakujutsu ronbunshi, 105(6), 1997, pp. 479-481
YBa2Cu3Ox crystals were synthesized at low temperature using barium ni
trate melts as a flux. Barium nitrate melts were maintained in a molte
n state by controlling their decomposition under various gas pressures
. By decomposing nitrates at a slow rate, orthorhombic YBa2Cu3Ox cryst
als were directly synthesized at 690 degrees C under a NOx/O-x atmosph
ere.