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Dependence of Critical Current Density on Granular Arrangement in Ceramic Superconductors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Jui H. Wang  and
Zhifeng Ren
Jui H. Wang
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and New York State, Institute on Superconductivity, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214
Zhifeng Ren
Affiliation:
Department of Chemistry and New York State, Institute on Superconductivity, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14214
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Abstract

The critical current density Jc of bulk ceramic superconductors is often several orders of magnitude lower than that of a single crystal or oriented fílm of the same material due to the weak links residing at the boundaries between single crystals within the ceramic sample. Assuming that the rate of electron transport within each single crystal is much faster than the average rate of electron transport between adjacent single crystals, a working hypothesis of Jc enhancement by granular reorientation is formulated which includes the“brickwall”model and melt-texturing as special cases with long-range granular alignment which usually leads to rigid and brittle bulk samples. Simple geometric considerations show that only short-range local granular alignment is necessary for high Jc. For mis reason, it should be possible to make flexible superconducting wires and tapes for commercial applications at or above 77K.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 275: Sy mposium S – Layered Superconductors: Fabrication, Properties and Applications , 1992 , 663
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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