Published October 1, 1990 | Version v1
Journal article

Microstructure and critical current density of zone melt textured YBa2Cu3O6+x

  • 1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN (USA)

Description

Zone melting has been used to produce texture in extruded YBa2Cu3O6+x wires. Highly aligned microstructures are produced with a-b planes oriented along the axis of the wires. Microstructural observations show that changes in alignment orientation can occur, and can result in the inability to carry a transport current. Pulsed transport Jc measurements on oriented samples indicate a zero field critical current density greater than 4x104 A/cm2

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Physics Letters
Journal Volume
57
Journal Issue
14
Series
Appl. Phys. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1455-1457
ISSN
0003-6951
CODEN
APPLA