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151Eu Mössbauer studies have been performed on the compounds EuBa2(Cu1−x Zn x )3O7−y withx=0·0, 0·025, 0·05, 0·075 and 0·1. The parent compound, EuBa2Cu3O7−y is superconducting with a transition temperature (T c ) of 88 K.T c is depressed as Zn is substituted for Cu in this system and the compounds withx>0·05 do not show superconductivity down to 12 K.151Eu Mössbauer studies at 295 K show a single Mössbauer line in all the compounds (whether superconducting or not) with isomer shift value typical of Eu3 + ion. Further, the isomer shift values are nearly independent ofx and the temperatures down to 10 K. These observations imply that the Cu-O network responsible for superconductivity is very weakly coupled to the Eu sublattice.
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Tomy, C.V., Nagarajan, R., Malik, S.K. et al. 151Eu Mössbauer studies on Zn-doped EuBa2Cu3O7−y . Bull. Mater. Sci. 14, 691–695 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02744708
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