Effect of MgB4 Addition on the Superconducting Properties of Polycrystalline MgB2

J. Ishiwata; M. Muralidhar; Kazuo Inoue; Masato Murakami

doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2015.05.124

Effect of MgB₄ Addition on the Superconducting Properties of Polycrystalline MgB₂

J. Ishiwata, M. Muralidhar, Kazuo Inoue, Masato Murakami

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Abstract

The objective of this work is to improve the flux pinning performance of bulk MgB₂ superconductors by dispersing nanometer-sized MgB₄ particles. The high quality MgB₄ material was produced, and the MgO rest in the powder was removed by HNO₃ (1 M) leaching. Several bulk polycrystalline samples were fabricated by means of the solid state reaction method with compositions MgB₂ + x wt% of MgB₄ (x=0, 2, 5, and 10) at 775^oC in pure argon atmosphere. X-ray diffraction indicated single phase and homogenous MgB₂ bulks when MgB₄ content was below 5wt%. The superconducting transitions were sharp at low MgB₄ concentrations. The critical current density, J_c, depend on the MgB₄ content in the MgB₂ composite. The MgB₂ sample with 2wt% of MgB₄ processed at 775^oC for 3 h showed the critical current density of 300 kA cm^-2 at 20 K in self field.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	69-72
Number of pages	4
Journal	Physics Procedia
Volume	65
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2015.05.124
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	27th International Symposium on Superconductivity, ISS 2014 - Tokyo, Japan Duration: 2014 Nov 25 → 2014 Nov 27

Keywords

MgB
MgB
X-ray diffraction
critical current density
flux pinning
magnetization measurements

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Physics and Astronomy(all)

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