Electrostatic stability of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ in ethanol with common salt as a supporting electrolyte

Authors

Maricar Manalaysay Rosete ⋅ PH Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of the Philippines Diliman
Myles Allen Hermoso Zosa ⋅ JP Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka University
Roland Villano Sarmago ⋅ PH National Institute of Physics, University of the Philippines Diliman

Abstract

The electrostatic stability of Bi₂Sr₂CaCu₂O₈ (Bi-2212) in ethanol medium with common salt (NaCl) as a supporting electrolyte was studied. Finely ground Bi-2212 was mixed with ethanol, and a minute amount of aqueous solution of NaCl at concentrations varied from 0 to 11 wt% was added to the suspension. The stability of the Bi-2212 suspensions was evaluated in terms of zeta potential, particle size distribution, and settling velocity. It was found that the optimal NaCl concentration is 7.15 wt%. This resulted in the lowest zeta potential, particle size, and settling velocity, and hence exhibited the stability of Bi-2212 suspension. The results showed that NaCl is suitable as a supporting electrolyte for the Bi-2212 suspension.

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2019: Proceedings of the 37th Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference

Article ID

SPP-2019-2E-01

Section

Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science

Published

2019-05-02

How to Cite

[1]

MM Rosete, MAH Zosa, and RV Sarmago, Electrostatic stability of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 in ethanol with common salt as a supporting electrolyte, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 37, SPP-2019-2E-01 (2019). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-2019-2E-01.