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Enhanced Flux Pinning by Crystal Defects in Melt-Textured YBa2Cu3Ox

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OSTI ID:5941288
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  1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
  2. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
YBa2Cu3Ox bars have been partially melted to develop highly textured microstructures. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) revealed the presence of a large amount of intragranular defects such as dislocations and stacking faults, and a few Y2BaCuO5 particles, within the matrices. These crystal defects strongly affected intragranular Jc values and the flux-creep behavior. After annealing the textured samples at high temperature for 80 h, considerable reduction in the magnetization Jc was observed. This microstructure-related Jc variation indicated that the lattice defects observed by TEM were connected with the observed enhanced flux pinning. Possible pinning mechanisms are discussed.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
5941288
Report Number(s):
ANL/CP--72496; CONF-910202--10; ON: DE91011120
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English