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This thorough review of the chemistry of high Tc superconductors provides extensive coverage of the structural and synthetic solid-state chemistry of oxide superconductors as well as substantial reference material on characterization methods. Written by 27 authorities in the field, the book fulfills a need for a condensed, single-source reference. It will be indispensable for researchers and for those unfamiliar with structural and synthetic solid-state chemistry of superconductors.
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Copyright e 1992 by Noyes Publications No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 90-27624 ISBN: O-8155-1279-1 Printed in the United States Published in the United States of America by Noyes Publications Mill Road, Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656 10987654321 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chemistry of superconductor materials : preparation, chemistry, characterization and theory / edited by Term11 A. Vanderah. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN O-8155-1279-1 : 1. Superconductors-Chemistry. I. Vanderah, Terre11 A. QC611.97.C54C48 1991 90-27624 .537.6’23-&20 CIP For Jumbo Wells MATERIALS SCIENCE AND PROCESS TECHNOLOGY SERIES Editors Rointan F. Bunshah, University of California, Los Angeles (series Editor) Gary E. McGuire, Microelectronics Center of North Carolina (series Editor) Stephen M. Rossnagel, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center (Consulting Editor) Electronic Materials and Process Technology DEposmoNTEcHNoLoGlEs FCXFILMSANDCCXllNG!kby CHEMK%L VAPOR EPOSTKM FOR m Rointan F. Bunshah et al by Arthur Sherman SEMKX)NDUCTORMATEFUMBANDP#XTSS~YHANDBOOK:edited Gary E. McGuire HYBRD MlCROCtRCUCT TEcHNou)(iY Enlow HANDBOOK: by by James J. Licari and Leonard R. HANDBOOKOFTHfNFllMOEPOSmONPROCESSESANDTH=HNIQUES:editedbyKlaus K. Schuegraf AND EPlTAXYz by Toshinori Takagi -BEAM- MFFUSK)NPHENOMENAINTHiNFli_MBANDMICROELECTRONK=MATEFU_Seditedby Devendra Gupta and Paul S. Ho HANDBOOK OF CONTAMEuTK)N L. Tolliver m IN m edited by Donald pRocEssp3G TH;HNouxjy: HnNDBooKoFK)NBEAM Stephen M. Rossnagel, and Harold R. Kaufman edited by Jerome J. Cuomo, \Ibkrme cHARAcTEFIIuTK)NoF-mMAMcGuire m TEcHNou)(jy: HANDXXXOFPLSMA Jerome J. Cuomo, and William D. Westwood HANDBOOK OF KXYMER A. Hughes CQATfMGB m -oFBPurrER Hayakawa DEposmoN OF supERcoNoucToR edited by William C. O’Mara, ELH=TRoNK=s: TH=HNouxiy: HANDBOOK OF Vf_!3 MK;RoI-mK)(jRApm: N. Helbert CHEMISTRY edited by Stephen M. Rossnagel, TH;HNouxiy HANDBOcxoF-#3BluCcx Robert B Herring, and Lee P. Hunt 1: edited by Gary E. by James J. Licari and Laura by Kiyotaka Wasa and Bhigeru edited by William B. Glendinning and John MATEWALS: edited by Terrell A Vanderah CHEMCALVApoRDEKBTKMffTUWSiENANDTWG!SEN Bchmitz SLClDES by John E.J. (continued) vii viii Series Ceramic and Other Materials-Processing and Technology SoNELTECHNOUXjYFOR~FlUIIS,flBERS.PFIEFOFIMS. spH=uLTy SHAPES edited by Lisa C. Klein FIBER FMNFOFKXI CEf3AMC m -ANo by K.S. Mazdiyasni TEcHNou)(jy-volume AmMNCEDCERAMC~AND Binner 1: edited by Jon G.P. FWCTK)NANLlWEAFlTRANSmONSOfMATEMALSzbyPeterJ.Blau !NOCK WAVES FOR HDUSTMAL SPECIALMELTNGAND APPLKXTKNJS m edited by Lawrence