Open AccessMultiphase analysis of Bi‐Sr‐Ca‐Cu‐O high Tc superconductors with x‐ray compositional mapping
Author(s) -
Marinenko R. B.,
Bright D. S.,
Bernik S.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
scanning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.359
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1932-8745
pISSN - 0161-0457
DOI - 10.1002/sca.1996.4950180601
Subject(s) - electron microprobe , superconductivity , phase (matter) , analytical chemistry (journal) , microprobe , materials science , solubility , x ray , mineralogy , chemistry , crystallography , physics , optics , condensed matter physics , chromatography , organic chemistry
Ba‐Sr‐Ca‐Cu‐O (BSCCO) high Tc superconductor specimens were prepared as part of a solid‐solubility study in the region of the 2223 phase. The identification and determination of the amount of each phase in the final products were necessary. Quantitative digital x‐ray compositional mapping with the electron microprobe was done with five wavelength spectrometers, one for each of the cations. To facilitate phase identification and quantification, image processing rules were developed for the nine possible phases, with each assigned a unique color. Using this procedure, at least six different phases were identified. Examples are cited in color.