High transport critical currents and flux jumps in bulk YBa2Cu3Ox superconductors
- 25 June 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 56 (26) , 2675-2677
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.103267
Abstract
A preferentially oriented bulk YBa2Cu3Ox superconductor was prepared by the liquid phase method. A continuous dc current carrying capacity exceeding 120 A with current density higher than 37 300 A/cm2 at 77 K has been obtained. The high current effects causing fracture of the sample were studied in relation to the thermal diffusion properties. In magnetization measurements, flux jumps were observed for currents in the sample a‐b plane below the temperature of about 20 K. The jumps are more closely spaced with decreasing temperature or increasing field sweep rates.Keywords
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