The AC susceptibility has been investigated for the three different melt-pr
ocessed samples: (Nd0.33Eu0.33Gd0.33,)-Ba2Cu3O7-delta with the large second
ary peak, NdBa2Cu3O7-delta with the moderate secondary peak and YBa2Cu3O7-d
elta with no secondary peak. We found that the imaginary part (chi ") value
is higher for the sample which has the larger secondary peak. This suggest
s that the effect of the flux creep is more remarkable for the sample with
the larger secondary peak. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserv
ed.