Karaca, I.Uzun, O.Koelemen, U.Yilmaz, F.Sahin, O.2024-09-182024-09-1820090925-8388https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2008.09.077https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/8148In this study, ZnO molar wt% 0, 5,10,20,30, and 50 added Bi1.84Pb0.34Sr1.91Ca2.03Cu3.06O10 superconductors were prepared by wet technique. The experimental works consist of powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) for phase analyses and c-axes parameters, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) for microstructure examination, and microhardness measurements for mechanical properties. These measurements showed that Zn-added material, in comparison with the pure sample, had increased c-axes parameters and decreased grain size. In addition, the experimental results of microhardness measurements were analyzed using Oliver-Pharr model. It was observed that the change of indentation hardness (H-rr) and reduced elastic modulus (E-r) values showed an increasing trend with ZnO addition and exhibited peak load dependence (i.e., indentation size effect (ISE)). (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessBi-2223Wet techniqueZnOMechanical propertiesDepth Sensing IndentationArticle4761-248649110.1016/j.jallcom.2008.09.0772-s2.0-64549115890Q1WOS:000266117900096Q1