Improvement of critical current density in the Cu/MgB2 and Ag/MgB2 superconducting wires using the fast formation method

Details Improvement of critical current density in the Cu/MgB2 and Ag/MgB2 superconducting wires using the fast formation method Improvement of critical current density in the Cu/MgB2 and Ag/MgB2 superconducting wires using the fast formation method

2002-01-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0201261v1

Physica C 382 (2002) 187-193

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

18 pages, 11 figures, submitted to Supercond. Sci. & Technol. on Dec. 16, 2001

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0921-4534(02)01881-6

The powder in tube method has been used to fabricate Ag and Cu clad MgB2 wires using an in-situ reaction method. The effects of short time sintering on the critical current densities of Ag and Cu clad MgB2 wires were studied. All the samples were examined using XRD, SEM, and magnetization measurements. For Ag clad wire Jc is improved by more than two times after the short time sintering process. Jc values of 1.2x10^5 A/cm2 in zero field and above 10^4 A/cm2 in 2T at 20 K have been achieved for Ag clad MgB2 wire which is only sintered for 6 minutes at 800oC. However, a remarkable degree of reaction has been found between the superconducting cores and the sheath materials, leading to the formation of Cu2Mg and Ag3Mg for copper and silver clad wires, respectively. The results from Tc, Jc and Hirr convincingly show that the short sintering causes less reaction between the magnesium and the sheath materials and markedly improves the critical current density. Our result shows that Iron is still the best sheath material because of the lack of reaction between Fe and the superconducting MgB2 material.

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