TY - JOUR KW - Bismuth compounds KW - High temperature superconductors KW - Superconducting materials KW - Ceramic materials KW - Oxide superconductors KW - Microscopic Examination–Transmission Electron Microscopy KW - Lead and Alloys KW - Bismuth Calcium Strontium Copper Oxides KW - Microwaves–Absorption KW - Magnetic Field Modulated Microwave Absorption AU - W.-F Yau AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh AU - A.M Portis AU - E.R Weber AU - G Thomas AU - S.M Green AU - H.L Luo AB - High-resolution transmission-electron-microscopy (HRTEM) has established that samples of nominal composition Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu4Oy prepared by solid-state reaction are of mixed phase. These samples are mostly composed of the 115 K polytypoid structure with the 80 K polytypoid structure found at grain-boundaries and at planar defects within grains. The partial replacement of Bi by Pb leads to a single phase of the 115 K polytypoid as determined from HRTEM. Low-magnetic-field modulated microwave absorption in the absence of Pb yields absorption onsets associated with transitions around 115 K and around 80 K. The addition of Pb eliminates the lower temperature transition. This observation is consistent with the HRTEM observations and supports the general view that microwave absorption arises primarily from grain boundaries and planar defects. © 1989. BT - Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications DO - 10.1016/0921-4534(89)90897-6 LA - eng M1 - PART 1 N1 - cited By 0 N2 - High-resolution transmission-electron-microscopy (HRTEM) has established that samples of nominal composition Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu4Oy prepared by solid-state reaction are of mixed phase. These samples are mostly composed of the 115 K polytypoid structure with the 80 K polytypoid structure found at grain-boundaries and at planar defects within grains. The partial replacement of Bi by Pb leads to a single phase of the 115 K polytypoid as determined from HRTEM. Low-magnetic-field modulated microwave absorption in the absence of Pb yields absorption onsets associated with transitions around 115 K and around 80 K. The addition of Pb eliminates the lower temperature transition. This observation is consistent with the HRTEM observations and supports the general view that microwave absorption arises primarily from grain boundaries and planar defects. © 1989. PY - 1989 SP - 21 EP - 22 T2 - Physica C: Superconductivity and its applications TI - Field-modulated microwave absorption study of Pb-modified BiCaSrCuO VL - 162-164 SN - 09214534 ER -