Critical Current Density and Pinning Energy of Partial Melted Sm-Based Superconductor

2014 ◽  
Vol 95 ◽  
pp. 169-174
Author(s):  
Hiroya Imao

The relationship between critical current density (Jc) and pinning energy (Up) in partial melted superconductors was investigated. The partial melted Sm-Ba-Cu-O superconducting bulks were composed of SmBa2Cu3Ox (Sm-123) superconductor and Sm2BaCuOy (Sm-211) insulator. The pinning force and the pinning energy of the superconductor were measured by a system combining an electronic balance and permanent magnet. The pinning energy and the Jc of the samples were influenced by crystalline orientation. The Jc of the samples depends on the pinning energy. However, in the partial melting process, changes in retention temperature altered the Jc values but had little effect on the value of the pinning energy. The results indicated that Jc was influenced by the dispersion of the insulator acting as a pinning center with in the superconducting bulks.

2007 ◽  
Vol 546-549 ◽  
pp. 2063-2066 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.X. Li ◽  
Ying Li ◽  
M.Y. Zhu ◽  
R.H. Chen ◽  
H.M. Jin ◽  
...  

Pulsed magnetic field was first employed in the study on MgB2 superconductors. Superconductivity properties and microstructures of Zn and SiC doped MgB2 were discussed in this paper. The superconductors showed different superconductivities after magnetic sintering. Critical current density and flux pinning force were relevant to the dopants properties in MgB2. Grains in the pulsed magnetic processed MgB2 matrix were smaller than those in the normal processed one. The refinement microstructures have caused the critical current density (Jc) anisotropy in both the Zn and SiC doped MgB2.


Author(s):  
Yongqiang Pan ◽  
Nan Zhou ◽  
Bencheng Lin ◽  
Jinhua Wang ◽  
Zengwei Zhu ◽  
...  

Abstract Fe1+yTe0.6Se0.4 has considerable application potential due to its large critical current density (J c) and high upper critical magnetic field (H c2). However, the uncertainty of the anisotropy of J c and the unclear flux-pinning mechanism have limited the application of this material. In this study, the J c in three directions were obtained from magnetic hysteresis loop measurements. A large anisotropy of J c ab /J c c ~ 10 was observed, and the origin of the anisotropy was discussed in details. Flux pinning force densities (F p) were obtained from J c, and a non-scaling behavior was found in the normalized pinning force f p[F p/F p-max] versus the normalized field h[H/H c2]. The peaks of pinning force shift from a high h to a low h with increasing temperature. Based on the vortex dynamics analysis, the peak shift was found to originate from the magnetization relaxation. The J c and F p at critical states free from the magnetic relaxation were regained. According to the Dew-Hughes model, the dominant pinning type in Fe1+yTe0.6Se0.4 clean single crystals was confirmed to be normal point pinning.


Author(s):  
Danlu Zhang ◽  
Fang Wan ◽  
Michael D. Sumption ◽  
Edward W. Collings ◽  
CJ Thong ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 63-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krishnankutty Vinod ◽  
Syamaprasad Upendran

The present study focuses on the preparation of good quality MgB2 superconductor in bulk, wire/tape forms and on the improvement of in-field critical current density [JC(H)]. MgB2 bulk superconductor was prepared by a simple Powder-In-Sealed-Tube (PIST) method and MgB2 wires and tapes were prepared by the Powder-In-Tube (PIT) method. A novel electrical self-heating method was introduced for the preparation of Fe sheathed MgB2 wires and tapes. Burned Rice Husk (BRH), an inexpensive natural material is found to be one of the best additives for enhancing the in-field critical current density of MgB2. By selecting suitable combinations of additives a significant enhancement of the critical current density by 1-2 orders of magnitude were achieved for fields > 5 T, at 5-15 K.


1993 ◽  
Vol 07 (01n03) ◽  
pp. 135-138
Author(s):  
M. SCHMITT ◽  
T. KLUGE ◽  
C. TOMÉ ROSA ◽  
G. JAKOB ◽  
P. WAGNER ◽  
...  

The in plane critical current density jc (B, Θ, T) of dc-sputtered YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-films and YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7/ PrBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-superlattices was measured in dependence of the angle Θ between the magnetic field [Formula: see text] and the [Formula: see text]-axis of the films in two orientations: 1. The current direction is parallel to the axis of rotation (i.e. [Formula: see text] always). 2. The current flows perpendicular to the axis of rotation (i. e. [Formula: see text]). For low temperatures we do not find any difference between the two current orientations, and the critical current density [Formula: see text] behaves like jc (B cos Θ, 0°). For higher temperatures the two cases differ from each other for Θ near to the maxima in jc at 90° and 270° for the YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-films whereas for YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7/ PrBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-superlattices we hardly find any change for both experimental setups. We compare the behaviour of the experimental results for the two orientations for the YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-films and YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7/ PrBa 2 Cu 3 O 7-superlattices and discuss the temperature dependence of the intrinsic pinning force density.


1991 ◽  
Vol 235 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. E. Reeves ◽  
B. D. Weaver ◽  
G. P. Summers ◽  
R. J. Soulen ◽  
W. L. Olson ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTMeasurements are presented which show the effect of proton irradiation on the irreversibility line and critical current in Tl2 CaBa2Cu2O8 thin films. These data show that the irreversibility line is dependent on the defect structure and that the pinning energy is increased by proton irradiation. This leads to an increase in the critical current density at 60 K for the lowest radiation dose. Further irradiation reduces the critical current, even while the irreversibility line is enhanced.


2004 ◽  
Vol 412-414 ◽  
pp. 1244-1250
Author(s):  
X.H. Liu ◽  
A. Sulpice ◽  
E. Mossang ◽  
R. Tournier ◽  
T. Fournier ◽  
...  

1989 ◽  
Vol 161 (3) ◽  
pp. 444-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
G.M. Stollman ◽  
B. Dam ◽  
J.H.P.M. Emmen ◽  
J. Pankert

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