Enhanced flux pinning of an Nd-Added (Bi,Pb)-2212 superconductor

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3138-3141

  Sarun, Pallian Murikoli ^a   Biju, Alikunju ^a   Guruswamy, Perumal ^a   Syamaprasad, Upendran ^a  

^a REGIONAL RESEARCH LABORATORY CSIR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION REACTIONS; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; NEODYMIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

CRITICAL CURRENT MEASUREMENTS; ENHANCED FLUX PINNING; RARE-EARTH ELEMENTS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 34548852883     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2007.01896.x     Document Type: Article

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