Enhancement of flux pinning and high critical current density in graphite doped MgB2 superconductor

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 102, Issue 9, 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

CHARACTERIZATION; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FLUX PINNING; GRAPHITE; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

FORCE DENSITY CURVES; MICROGRAPHS; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES;

MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 36248998140     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2805650     Document Type: Article

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