Assignment of the Powder X-Ray Diffraction Pattern of Superconductor Bi2(Sr, Ca)3-xCu2Oy

Abstract
The powder X-ray diffraction pattern of superconductor Bi2(Sr, Ca)3-x Cu2O y was assigned taking into account the satellite reflections arising from an incommensurate modulated structure. All reflections are indexable with h a*+k b*+l c*+m k, provided that the wave vector k of the modulated structure is b*/4.8. The result shows that many satellites can be observed and some satellite intensities are strong.