Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2011-09-20
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
35 pages, 6 tables and 5 figures
Scientific paper
The transport properties of a number of MgB2 strands have been investigated in terms of their response to strand design, starting B powder choice, and the approach to C doping used. The strands had various designs, specifically; (i) several chemical barriers were introduced, viz: Fe and Nb, (ii) the strands were encased in various outer-sheath materials, viz.: monel, Cu+monel, monel+glidcop, Nb+monel, (iii) the filament counts were varied (1, 18, and 36), and (iv) the final strand diameter was varied. In addition, for a subset of the strand designs several B powder and C-dopant types were investigated. Specifically, two types of amorphous B powder were used: (i) Moissan based "Tangshan boron" (ii) "SMI-boron" which is produced in a plasma torch by the reduction-by-hydrogen of BCl3. Two approaches to C doping were taken: (i) "malic-acid treatment" in which C is introduced into the B powder precursor by the moderate temperature drying out a slurry of B mixed in with a malic-acid-toluene solution (during which the malic acid decomposes leaving C as the only solid residue) before the Mg powder is mixed in; (ii) direct C doping of the SMI-produced B by introducing a known percentage of CH4 into the plasma flame. Critical current densities, Jc, were measured on 1.5 m long samples at 4.2 K in fields of up to 14 T; of all the strands measured, that doped with SMI-C at a nominal 4 mol% C (in relation B) yielded the highest Jc values e.g 1.1x105 A/cm2 at 7 T, 4.5x104 at 10 T, and 2.2x104 A/cm2 at 12 T. The n-values are given for all strands at 5 and 10 T, and for a certain set of strands the magnetic field dependencies of the n-values and the influence of C-doping is presented. Finally we demonstrate that, over a wide range of B, log(Jc) decreases linearly with B with a slope -{\alpha} such that the Jc(B) of any strand can be parameterized in terms of {\alpha} and its zero-field intercept Jc(B=0).
Collings E. W.
Rindfleisch M.
Sumption M. D.
Susner M.
Tomsic Matija
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