Transport and magnetisation measurements of tl-1223 tapes - the nature of current paths and the role of grain boundaries at high magnetic fields

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 7, Issue 2 PART 2, 1997, Pages 1965-1968

  Everett, J ^a   Johnston, M D ^a   Perkins, G K ^a   Volkozub, A V ^a   Caplin, A D ^b   Moore, J C ^b   Fox, S ^b   Hyland, D ^b   Grovenor, C R M ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; THALLIUM COMPOUNDS;

CURRENT PATHS;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0031169767     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.620972     Document Type: Article

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