[en] We report the results of electrical resistivity measurements carried out on well-sintered
La0.7Ca0.3MnO3/Mn3O4 composite samples with almost constant composition of the magnetoresistive manganite phase (La0.7Ca0.3MnO3). A percolation threshold (phi c) occurs when the La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 volume fraction is ~ 0.19. The dependence of the electrical resistivity rho as a function of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 volume fraction fLCMO
can be described by percolationlike phenomenological equations. Fitting the conducting regime (fLCMO > phic) by the percolation power law rho # (fLCMO - phic)^(-t) returns a critical exponent value of 2.0±0.2 at room temperature and 2.6±0.2 at 5 K. The increase of t is ascribed to the influence of the grain boundaries on the electrical conduction process at low temperature.
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