High critical current density and improved flux pinning in bulk MgB 2 synthesized by Ag addition

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Shekhar, Chandra ^a   Giri, Rajiv ^a   Tiwari, R S ^a   Srivastava, O N ^a   Malik, S K ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); FLUX PINNING; MAGNESIUM ALLOYS; MICROSTRUCTURE; SILVER; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMBIENT PRESSURE; FINE POWDERS; MAGNETIC MEASUREMENTS; PHYSICAL PROPERTY MEASUREMENT;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 33847608756     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2655340     Document Type: Article

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