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Critical currents, magnetic relaxation, and microstructure in zone-melted YBa sub 2 Cu sub 3 O sub x

Conference · · IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States)
OSTI ID:5929850
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  1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
  2. Notre Dame Univ., IN (United States)
This paper reports on extruded YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub x} wires zone-melted to develop high textured microstructures. The zone-melted wires exhibit large magnetic hysteresis and transport J{sub c} values relative to conventional bulk YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub x}. Transmission electron microscopy observations indicate unique grain boundary features which are likely to be responsible for reduced weak-link effects. Large amounts of intragranular defects such as dislocations and Y{sub 2}BaCuO{sub 5} particles have been observed in the sample matrices. The dislocations are possibly connected with the greatly increased magnetic hysteresis.
OSTI ID:
5929850
Report Number(s):
CONF-900944--
Conference Information:
Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers); (United States) Journal Volume: 27
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English