  We report in-field kinetic energy results in the temperature region closely
below the transition temperature of two differently prepared polycrystalline
samples of the superconducting cuprate
SmBa$_{\text{2}}$Cu$_{\text{3}}$O$_{7-\delta}$. The kinetic energy was
determined from magnetization measurements performed above the irreversibility
line defined by the splitting between the curves obtained according the ZFC and
FC prescriptions. The results are analyzed in the intermediate field regime
where the London approximation can be used for describing the magnetization.
From the analysis, estimations were carried out for the penetration depth and
the upper critical field of the studied samples.The difference between the
kinectic energy magnitudes for the two studied samples is ascribed to effects
from granularity.
