AbstractComparison of phases observed in air at 900–980°C in the Ln–Ba–Cu–O (Ln = Lanthanoid) systems is reported. On the basis of the occurrence of compounds found in these Ln2O3–BaCO3–CuO systems they must be divided into at least three subgroups: the first is characteristic of La, Pr and Nd, the second specific for Sm and Eu, and the third common to the smaller lanthanoids, the Y‐type elements, with some variation wit