Published July 1996 | Version v1
Journal article

Effect of oxygen partial pressure during postheat treatment on Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy/Ag tapes

  • 1. Department of Applied Science, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)
  • 2. Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899 (United States)
  • 3. Electronics Research Laboratory, Kobe Steel, Ltd., Nishi-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-22 (Japan)

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Effects of oxygen partial pressure PO2 during low temperature postheat treatments on the superconducting properties of silver-sheathed Bi2Sr2CaCu2Oy tapes were investigated. The critical temperature Tc of the resulting tapes changes systematically with PO2. This variation of Tc is attributed to the change of electronic carrier (hole) concentration by the observation of oxygen K-edge absorption spectra. The intragranular critical current density Jc is essentially unaffected by the heat treatment, while deterioration in grain connectivity is observed in the specimens treated in reduced-oxygen atmospheres. The change of anisotropy in Jc with respect to crystallographic orientations is also quite small for the variation of PO2. copyright 1996 American Institute of Physics

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Journal Title
Journal of Applied Physics
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 331-335.
ISSN
0021-8979
CODEN
JAPIAU