It is important to understand the coarsening behavior of the Y
2BaCuO
5 phase particles in Ba-Cu-O melts, since the particle-size distribution of the Y
2BaCuO
5 particles entrapped in the YBa
2Cu
3O
x superconducting phase largely affect the superconducting properties. In this paper, we have investigated the dependence of the volume fractions of the high-temperature stable phase Y
2BaCuO
5 particles in the Ba-Cu-O melt on the coarsening behavior. Consequently, it was found that the coarsening rate constants between the volume fraction of
Vf=10-15% and
Vf=20-30% were significantly different. Furthermore, the particle-size-distributions for the
Vf=20 and 30%, were investigated and discussed.
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