Abstract

Mercury superconductor samples doped with rhenium, Hg0.82Re0.18Ba2Ca2Cu3O8+d, were produced in a very narrow range of oxygen content (d = 0.05, 0.10 and 0.15). The lattice parameters indicated a slight change of the unitary cell as a function of the oxygen content. Furthermore, the reduction of the volume cell was associated with the slight increment of TC. The measurements of χac versus temperature, under external hydrostatic pressure, have shown sensitive results as a function of distinct oxygen content. In our opinion, this kind of measurement may be used as a tool to determine the oxygen content (underdoped, optimal or overdoped) of samples. For dTC/dP > 1.9 K GPa−1 the sample presents an underdoped oxygen content. One can understand that dTC/dP = (1.9 ± 0.2) K GPa−1 is associated with an intrinsic term value for the optimal oxygen doped sample, Hg0.82Re0.18Ba2Ca2Cu3O8.10.

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