Question 51

In $$\text{YBa}_2\text{Cu}_3\text{O}_{7-x}$$, a superconducting oxide that got George Bednorz and Karl Muller the Nobel prize in 1986, Cu can exist in both $$+2$$ and $$+3$$ oxidation states and their proportion depends on the value of x. In $$\text{YBa}_2\text{Cu}_3\text{O}_{6.5}$$

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