• DocumentCode
    1241761
  • Title

    E-J characteristics and n value of melt-textured REBa2Cu3Ox (RE: Nd, Y)

  • Author

    Inoue, Kazuo ; Sakai, Naomichi ; Murakami, Masato

  • Author_Institution
    Int. Supercond. Technol. Center, Supercond. Res. Lab., Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    3109
  • Lastpage
    3112
  • Abstract
    Melt-textured NdBa2Cu3Ox (Nd123) exhibits the secondary peak effect on the magnetic field dependence of the critical current density (Jc), which is attributed to the field-induced pinning. The electric field (E)-the current density (J) characteristics will be affected by the field-induced pinning. With the aim of clarifying this effect, we have investigated the E-J characteristics for melt-textured Nd123 with the secondary peak and YBa2Cu3Ox (Y123) with smaller secondary peak through dc magnetization and ac susceptibility. The n value was estimated on the assumption that E follows the power law: E=Ec(J/Jc)n. The n value was about 30 at 77 K for Y123. In the case of Nd123, the peak structure was observed on the magnetic field dependence of the n value, which exceeded 60 at 77 K. This suggests that the n value is increased by the field-induced pinning.
  • Keywords
    barium compounds; critical current density (superconductivity); flux pinning; high-temperature superconductors; magnetic susceptibility; magnetisation; neodymium compounds; yttrium compounds; 77 K; E-J characteristics; Nd123; NdBa2Cu3O; Y123; YBa2Cu3O; ac susceptibility; critical current density; dc magnetization; field-induced pinning; magnetic field dependence; melt-textured REBa2Cu3Ox; secondary peak effect; Atmosphere; Critical current density; Current density; High temperature superconductors; Magnetic field measurement; Magnetic fields; Magnetic susceptibility; Magnetization; Neodymium; Superconductivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1051-8223
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TASC.2003.812116
  • Filename
    1212281