Grain boundaries and pinning in bulk MgB2

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Mikheenko, P ^a,b   Martinez E ^c   Bevan, A ^a   Abell, J S ^a   MacManus Driscoll, J L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FLUX PINNING; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; POLYCRYSTALS;

BOILING TEMPERATURE; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITIES; LIQUID HYDROGEN; POLARIZED OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34548728040     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: 13616668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/20/9/S22     Document Type: Article

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