Title :
Flux pinning by 211 precipitates in melt-processed YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub x/
Author :
Shi, D. ; Sengupta, S. ; Smith, M. ; Wang, Z. ; Biondo, A.C. ; Balachandran, U. ; Goretta, K.C.
Author_Institution :
Argonne Nat. Lab., IL, USA
fDate :
3/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Magnetic hysteresis data have been taken at 4.2 and 50 K over a wide range of magnetic fields on melt-textured (MT) and quench-melt-growth-processed (QMGP) YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub x/ samples with 6 vol.% of Y/sub 2/BaCuO/sub x/
Keywords :
barium compounds; critical current density (superconductivity); flux pinning; high-temperature superconductors; magnetic hysteresis; magnetisation; precipitation; yttrium compounds; 211 precipitates; 4.2 K; 50 K; QMGP samples; YBa/sub 2/Cu/sub 3/O/sub 7- delta /; finely powdered samples; flux pinning; high temperature superconductors; intragranular critical current densities; magnetic hysteresis; magnetization; Critical current density; Current measurement; Density measurement; Flux pinning; Magnetic fields; Magnetic hysteresis; Magnetization; Particle measurements; Performance evaluation; Size measurement;
Journal_Title :
Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on