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Anisotropy studies on aligned HgBa{sub 2}CaCu{sub 2}O{sub 6+{delta}} powder - confirmation of the collective pinning theory for anisotropic materials

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OSTI ID:425998
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  1. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)

Investigations on aligned HgBa{sub 2}Ca{sub 1}Cu{sub 2}O{sub 6+{delta}} (Hg-1212) powder were performed by measuring magnetization parallel and perpendicular to the applied magnetic field as a function of temperature, field, and the field orientation in the irreversible regime. The anisotropy ratio {epsilon} {approx} 1/5 is found indicating that Hg-1212 is one of the least anisotropic materials amongst the technically important high-T{sub c} superconducting families. The scaling results for the magnetic field, the in-plane and the out-of-plane critical current densities agree precisely with the collective pinning theory and its scaling approach for anisotropic materials.

OSTI ID:
425998
Report Number(s):
CONF-9505186--
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English