Bulk, surface and shape contributions to critical current density in as-grown BSCCO-2212 single crystals. Part B-non-equilibrium behavior

In this work the treatment outlined in Part A (see ibid., p.3113-16) on the equilibrium behavior is extended to the nonequilibrium behavior in the as-grown BSCCO-2212 (c-axis) system. Calculated m(h) curves are fitted to normalized experimental M-H_o isotherms for single crystal specimens with platelet, disc and ´prism´ geometry. Self-consistent results are obtained for the quasistatic bulk critical current, J_c(B,T), which is in limited agreement with theoretical prediction, and also for the surface-barrier and anisotropy contributions to the magnetization behavior in these specimen geometries.