“…Oxygen absorption produces significant change in conductivity which was used for proposes of oxygen detection [3]. However, being a positive temperature coefficient of resistivity (PTCR)-based material, not only resistivity of the RE123 ceramic rod but also those of the hot spot are expected to increase with temperature [1]. In addition, oxygen absorption at the hot-spot area is also expected to be influenced by temperature as previous reports on resistivity [12] and thermogavimetry measurements [13] on hotspot free Y123 reported strong influence of temperature on oxygen absorption and desorption rates.…”