Published October 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Influence of Ag Addition on Superconducting Property of Carbon-black Doped MgB2 Superconductor

  • 1. Dept. of Materials Engineering, Korea University of Technology and Education , Cheonan (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Nuclear Science Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)

Description

In this work we synthesized both MgB2 and Carbon doped MgB2 superconductor with Ag addition via high energy milling and substituent heat treatment. Heat treatments were performed at 900 degree C for 30 min in flowing Ar gas. We varied amount of Ag powder. In a range of Ag powder was 0-5wt%. The effect of Ag was correlated with superconducting properties. The results show a slight decrease in critical temperature (Tc) and a reduction of critical current density (JC) at high fields for the Ag-doped samples as compared to the un-doped samples. Reduction of Jc may be due to the formation of MgAg compound.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Progress in Superconductivity
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
1
Series
17 refs, 3 figs
Journal Page Range
p. 1-5
ISSN
1229-4764