Title of article :
Improved magnetic trapped field in thin-wall YBCO single-domain samples by high-pressure oxygen annealing
Author/Authors :
Chaud، نويسنده , , Xavier and Prikhna، نويسنده , , Tatiana and Savchuk، نويسنده , , Yaroslav and Joulain، نويسنده , , Anne and Haanappel، نويسنده , , Evert and Diko، نويسنده , , Pavel and Porcar، نويسنده , , Laureline and Soliman، نويسنده , , Mahmoud، نويسنده ,
Issue Information :
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
Pages :
7
From page :
53
To page :
59
Abstract :
Oxygen high pressure (up to 16 MPa) has been introduced in the oxygen-annealing step necessary to make the YBa2Cu3Ox phase superconducting (change x from 6 to about 7). It enables a displacement in the equilibrium phase diagram towards higher temperatures, which means the possibility to achieve the same final oxygen content as the one at low temperature, but with the benefit of higher diffusion rates. Initial development made on thin bars (1.5–3 mm thick) has confirmed the interest of using a high pressure of oxygen. TEM observations have shown an increase of twin density associated with higher Jc. This is in agreement with other works claiming the possibility of higher Jc by twin engineering, and more precisely by twin refinement while annealing at high temperature. We report the successful application of this process without any adjustment to so-called thin-wall single-domain samples. These samples are obtained by growing a crystal on a pellet already shaped with an array of holes. The advantage is that, as far as diffusion processes are concerned, the typical length is not anymore the diameter of the sample, but the thickness of the walls between holes. The trapped field of 16 mm diameter Y123 thin-wall single-domain samples was doubled (0.6 T vs. 0.3 T at 77 K) in a rather short annealing time (about 3 days). Microstructures as well as magneto-optical observations of plain and thin-wall samples evidenced a reduction of cracks in the thin-wall samples. Improved performances were confirmed by further characterizations performed from 77 down to 20 K using the pulse-field facilities of the LNCMP at Toulouse.
Keywords :
Reduced diffusion path , High-temperature superconductors , High-pressure oxygen annealing , magnetic measurement , Twinning
Journal title :
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: B
Serial Year :
2008
Journal title :
MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING: B
Record number :
2145839
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