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Abstract
We have prepared and identified as a single phase the high-temperature superconducting compound in the chemical system Y-Ba-Cu-O, an orthorhombic, distorted oxygen-deficient perovskite of stoichiometry ${\mathrm{Ba}}_{2}$${\mathrm{YCu}}_{3}$${\mathrm{O}}_{9\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}\mathrm{\ensuremath{\delta}}}$ (\ensuremath{\delta}\ensuremath{\simeq}2.1). Samples exhibit zero resistance at 91 K, with a transition width of 1.5 K. The Meissner effect attains a value of 76% of the independently measured diamagnetic susceptibility. We estimate parameters that characterize this superconductor, e.g., \ensuremath{\gamma}\ensuremath{\simeq}3--5 mJ (mole Cu${)}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}1}$ ${\mathrm{K}}^{\mathrm{\ensuremath{-}}2}$. The critical current density at 77 K and H=0 exceeds 1100 A/${\mathrm{cm}}^{2}$.
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