Microscopic role of carbon on MgB2 wire for critical current density comparable to NbTi

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kim, Jung Ho ^a   Oh, Sangjun ^b   Heo, Yoon Uk ^c   Hata, Satoshi ^d   Kumakura, Hiroaki ^e   Matsumoto, Akiyoshi ^e   Mitsuhara, Masatoshi ^d   Choi, Seyong ^e,f   Shimada, Yusuke ^d   Maeda, Minoru ^a,h   MacManus Driscoll, Judith L ^g   Dou, Shi Xue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b National Fusion Research Institute   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^f Korea Basic Science Institute (KBSI)   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^h NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3D tomogram; carbon role; densification; MgB2; TEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859297180     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2012.3     Document Type: Article

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