Standard Gibbs free energy changes for the syntheses of YBa
2Cu
3O
6.5+x, (a high temperature superconductor), Y
2BaCuO
5, and Y
2Cu
2O
5 were investigated by using chemical thermodynamic methods.
For the reaction where YBa
2Cu
3O
6.5+x was synthesized from a Y
2Cu
2O
5-BaCO
3-CuO mixture with CO
2 evolution, the relationship between the equilibrium temperature and the partial pressure of CO
2 was examined by the thermogravimetric analysis. The equilibrium temperature (1080-1190 K) was determined by observing the change of sample weight at a given temperature in a stream of a CO
2-O
2-N
2 gas mixture. The relationship between the equilibrium temperature and the partial pressure of CO
2 for a Y
2BaCuO
5-BaCO
3-CuO-YBa
2Cu
3O
6.5+x mixture was also examined by the same method and it was confirmed that the mixture was more stable than a Y
2Cu
2O
5-BaCO
3-CuO-YBa
2Cu
3O
6.5+x mixture in the equilibrium state.
A similar experiment was performed for the synthesis of Y
2BaCuO
5 from a Y
2Cu
2O
5-Y
2O
3-BaCO
3 mixture in a temperature range 1090-1210 K.
Measurements of electromotive force of the galvanic cell with a zirconia solid electrolyte were conducted for the synthesis of Y
2Cu
2O
5 from Y
2O
3 and CuO. The construction of the galvanic cell was Pt|Y
2Cu
2O
5, Y
2O
3, Cu
2O |ZrO
2, (Y
2O
3)|CuO, Cu
2O|Pt, and the standard Gibbs free energy change for the synthesis of Y
2Cu
2O
5 was derived from the partial pressure of O
2 in the equilibrium among Y
2Cu
2O
5, Y
2O
3, and Cu
2O in a temperature range 1025-1220 K.
By combining these results, the standard Gibbs free energy changes for the synthesis of YBa
2Cu
3O
6.5+x and Y
2BaCuO
5 from Y
2O
3, BaCO
3 and CuO were obtained.
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