¹⁵¹Eu mössbauer spectroscopy studies of substituted EuBa₂Cu₃O₇ systems

Mössbauer spectroscopy studies of¹⁵¹ Eu in EuBa₂Cu₃O₇, EuBa₂Cu₃O₆, EuBa₂Cu₃O₆S, EuBaKCu₃O₇, EuBa₂Cu_2.5Fe_0.5O₇, Eu_0.5Pr_0.5Ba₂Cu₃O₇, Eu_1.25Ba_1.75Cu₃O₇ and EuCaBaCu₃O₇ at several temperatures have been performed. The major conclusions are; All substitutions affect the Eu quadrupole interaction (10-20%). Substitution of 0 by S increases the Eu quadrupole interaction by 15% and increases η from 0.3 to 0.8 which proves that S substitutes oxygen in the immediate neighbourhood of the rare earth ions. In EuCaBaCu₃O₇ the quadrupole interaction is larger by 80% than in EuBa₂Cu₃O₇, proving that in this structure Eu occupies predominantly the Ba sites.