کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1817394 | 1525691 | 2016 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• This manuscript covers the thermodynamic properties of the superconducting and non-superconducting Pr2Ba4Cu7O15-δ compounds with metallic CuO double chains.
• The specific heat data of the superconducting sample exhibited no obvious superconducting anomaly but a Schottky like broad maximum appeared at low temperatures.
• The Schottky like anomaly was attributed to low-lying quasi-triplet splitting of Pr3+3+ ions under the crystal field effect.
To examine the thermodynamic properties of Pr2Ba4Cu7O15-δ15-δ compounds with metallic CuO double chains, we measured the specific heats of superconducting and non-superconducting polycrystalline samples at low temperatures (1.8–40 K) under various magnetic fields (up to 9 T). In the as-sintered non-superconducting sample, a λ-λ-like enhancement in the specific heat measurement appeared near the antiferromagnetic transition temperature TN=17TN=17 K. In contrast, the reduced superconducting sample with Tcon=26.5 K exhibited no obvious superconducting anomaly in its specific heat data, but a Schottky-like broad maximum appeared at low temperatures. The Schottky-like anomaly was attributed to low-lying quasi-triplet splitting of Pr3+Pr3+ ions under the crystal field effect.
Journal: Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications - Volumes 521–522, 15 February 2016, Pages 13–17