Approximate phase quantities of the products of the three different synthesis methods for BSCCO, extracted using refinement of the PXRD patterns.
| Phase | Quantity | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| MF only/% | Alginate method/% | Pechini method/% | |
| Bi2.09Sr0.9CaCu2O8+x | 86 | 65 | 56 |
| Bi10Sr10Cu5O29 | 6 | 17 | 16 |
| Sr6.27Ca4.73Bi6O22 | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| CaCO3 | 2 | 14 | 11 |
| CuO | 0 | 0 | 3 |