Neutron texture analysis of melt-textured YBCO bulk samples

Schmidt, Lothar
Ullrich, Martin
Kuhs, Werner F.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/TSM.33.75
Persistent URL: http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/6740
Schmidt, Lothar; Ullrich, Martin; Kuhs, Werner F., 1999: Neutron texture analysis of melt-textured YBCO bulk samples. In: Textures and microstructures, 33, 1/4, 75-92, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/TSM.33.75. 

Abstract

Neutron texture measurements on YBCO bulk samples show a very sharp texture of the superconducting phase YBa2Cu3O7-x with half-widths of less than 5°. Even with a rather coarse measurement grid of only 722 points per complete pole figure, satisfactory results for the recalculated (002) pole figures could be obtained. However, for a reliable calculation of a complete ODF, finer grids will have to be used. Due to the importance of a good alignment of the c-axes in the material, a quantitative analysis of the (002) pole figures, including an error estimation due to measurement grid and counting statistics, was made. An outline for the determination of a reliable background estimate is given.

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