SAMPLE-SIZE EFFECT ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE IRREVERSIBILITY LINE OF HIGH-T-C SUPERCONDUCTORS

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LI, Q [1 ]
SUENAGA, M [1 ]
LI, Q [1 ]
FRELTOFT, T [1 ]
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[1] NKT,RES CTR,DK-2605 BRONDBY,DENMARK
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10.1063/1.111519
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The irreversibility lines of a high-J(c) superconducting Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox/Ag tape were systematically measured upon a sequence of subdivisions of the sample. The irreversibility field H-r(T) (parallel to the c axis) was found to change approximately as L(0.13), where L is the effective dimension of the superconducting tape. Furthermore, it was found that the irreversibility line for a grain-aligned Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox specimen can be approximately reproduced by the extrapolation of this relation down to a grain size of a few tens of micrometers. The observed size effect could significantly obscure the real physical meaning of the irreversibility lines. In addition, this finding surprisingly indicated that the Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu2Ox/Ag tape and grain-aligned specimen may have similar flux line pinning strength.
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