Effect of grain refinement on enhancing critical current density and upper critical field in undoped MgB2 ex situ tapes

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Malagoli, A ^a   Braccini, V ^a   Tropeano, M ^a   Vignolo, M ^a   Bernini, C ^a   Fanciulli, C ^a   Romano, G ^a   Putti, M ^a   Ferdeghini, C ^a   Mossang, E ^b   Polyanskii, A ^c   Larbalestier, D C ^c  

^a Laboratory of Innovative and Artificial Materials Genoa   (Italy)

^b GRENOBLE HIGH MAGNETIC FIELD LABORATORY   (France)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALL MILLING; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); CRYSTAL GROWTH; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRINDING (MACHINING); MILLING (MACHINING); POWDERS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITIES; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY JC; EX SITU TAPES; EX-SITU; GRAIN BOUNDARY PINNING; IRREVERSIBILITY FIELDS; MEAN FREE PATHS; MGB2 POWDERS; MGB2 TAPES; STRONG ENHANCEMENTS; UNDOPED POWDERS; UPPER CRITICAL FIELDS;

GRAIN REFINEMENT;

EID: 57049124839     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3021468     Document Type: Article

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