Published 1992 | Version v1
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High Jc YBa2Cu3Oy superconductor prepared by melt-textured-growth (MTG) process

  • 1. New South Wales Univ., Kensington, NSW (Australia). School of Material Science and Engineering
  • 2. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Lindfield, NSW (Australia). Div. of Applied Physics

Description

Various processes of the melt-texture-growth (MTG) technique have been developed to produce high Jc superconductors. By this method, controlled solidification of the melt enables grains to grow unidirectionally. In contrast to sintered materials, the critical current density of the MTG materials is much larger and their degradation under a magnetic field is much less. In this study, high Jc bulk YBa2Cu3Oy superconductors were fabricated using the MTG process. The samples show large magnetic hysteresis and the value of critical current density Jc was estimated by using Bean critical state model. The microstructures of the samples were analysed using various methods. The effect of structural defects on flux pinning is discussed. 11 refs., 6 figs

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
CSIRO.
Imprint Place
Melbourne (Australia)
ISBN
0 643 05409 X
Imprint Title
Ceramics adding the value. AUSTCERAM 92: proceedings of the international ceramic conference, Australia 1992
Imprint Pagination
611 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 671-676.

Conference

Title
international ceramic conference.
Acronym
AUSTCERAM 92
Dates
1992.
Place
Melbourne, VIC (Australia).