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Relativistic bremsstrahlung in a plasma
Influence of relativistic particle on bremsstrahlung emission from plasm
Evolution of superconductivity in PrFe1-xCoxAsO with x = 0.0 to 1.0
We report the synthesis and physical property characterization of
PrFe1-xCoxAsO with x = 0.0 to 1.0. The studied samples are synthesized by solid
state reaction route via vacuum encapsulation method. The pristine compound
PrFeAsO does not show superconductivity, but rather exhibits a metallic step
like transition due to spin density wave ordering of Fe moments below 150 K,
followed by another upward step due to anomalous ordering of Pr moments at 12
K. Both the Fe-SDW and Pr-TN temperatures decrease monotonically with Co
substitution at Fe site. Superconductivity appears in a narrow range of x from
0.07 to 0.25 with maximum Tc at 11.12 K for x = 0.15. Samples, with x = 0.25
exhibit metallic behavior right from 300 K down to 2 K, without any Fe-SDW or
Pr-TN steps in resistivity. In fact, though Fe-SDW decreases monotonically, the
Pr-TN is disappeared even with x = 0.02. The magneto transport measurements
below 14 Tesla on superconducting polycrystalline Co doped PrFeAsO lead to
extrapolated values of the upper critical fields [Hc2(0)] of up to 60 Tesla.Comment: 15 pages Text+Fig
A Modified Basin Type Solar Still
To improve the efficiency and reduce the initial cost of solar still a modified unit was designed and tried. The trials showed that besides the top cover, the side walls when fabricated from glass help in increasing its fresh water yield by about fifty per cent. Further a unit with glass sheet costs just half than that of R.C.C. materials
Electrical and Magnetic behaviour of PrFeAsO0.8F0.2 superconductor
The superconducting and ground state samples of PrFeAsO0.8F0.2 and PrFeAsO
have been synthesised via easy and versatile single step solid state reaction
route. X-ray & Reitveld refine parameters of the synthesised samples are in
good agreement to the earlier reported value of the structure. The ground state
of the pristine compound (PrFeAsO) exhibited a metallic like step in
resistivity below 150K followed by another step at 12K. The former is
associated with the spin density wave (SDW) like ordering of Fe spins and later
to the anomalous magnetic ordering for Pr moments. Both the resistivity
anomalies are absent in case of superconducting PrFeAsO0.8F0.2 sample. Detailed
high field (up to 12Tesla) electrical and magnetization measurements are
carried out for superconducting PrFeAsO0.8F0.2 sample. The PrFeAsO0.8F0.2
exhibited superconducting onset (Tconset) at around 47K with Tc({\rho} =0) at
38K. Though the Tconset remains nearly invariant, the Tc({\rho} =0) is
decreased with applied field, and the same is around 23K under applied field of
12Tesla. The upper critical field (Hc2) is estimated from the Ginzburg Landau
equation (GL) fitting, which is found to be ~ 182Tesla. Critical current
density (Jc) being calculated from high field isothermal magnetization (MH)
loops with the help of Beans critical state model, is found to be of the order
of 103 A/cm2. Summarily, the superconductivity characterization of single step
synthesised PrFeAsO0.8F0.2 superconductor is presented.Comment: 15 Pages Text + Fig
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