A new synthesis method, single step co-precipitation for (Hg.Bi.)BaCaCuO, a mercury cuprate, was explored. Cavitational mixing and microwave synthesis were applied to the synthesis in order to generate high shear mixing and in situ calcination to produce nanocrystalline structures in high phase purity. The procedure was inadequate for the production of the cuprate compound due to incomplete precipitation of mercury. Through X-Ray diffraction analysis, purer phase production was identified from the different mixing techniques as compared to classical synthesis.

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Creator

• Yee, Christopher Hop
• Rutel, Isaac Bartholomew
• Rua, Amandio Hilario

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 99D126M

Advisor

• Pierson, Stephen W.
• Moser, William R.

Year

• 1999

Date created

• 1999-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Applied Physics
• Chemical Engineering
• Physics

Rights statement

• In Copyright