LARGE CRITICAL-CURRENT DENSITY IN NEUTRON-IRRADIATED POLYCRYSTALLINE HGBA2CUO4+DELTA

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作者
SCHWARTZ, J
NAKAMAE, S
RABAN, GW
HEUER, JK
WU, S
WAGNER, JL
HINKS, DG
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT NUCL ENGN,URBANA,IL 61801
[2] UNIV ILLINOIS,DEPT MAT SCI & ENGN,URBANA,IL 61801
[3] ARGONNE NATL LAB,SCI & TECHNOL CTR SUPERCOND,DIV MAT SCI,ARGONNE,IL 60439
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1993年 / 48卷 / 13期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.48.9932
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
The effects of neutron irradiation on the superconducting properties of HgBa2CuO4+delta are reported. Enhancements in the magnetization critical current density (J(c)), as calculated by the Bean model, vary with magnetic field and temperature and range from 1-2 orders of magnitude. Large values (J(c) > 10(4) A/cm2) are obtained above (0.5 T, 77 K) and (3 T, 50 K) after irradiation. A large shift in the irreversibility line toward higher field and temperature is also reported. These results demonstrate that HgBa2CuO4+delta is not intrinsically limited to low current density and may become a technologically important compound.
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页码:9932 / 9934
页数:3
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