Influence of the Heat-treatment Temperature on the Critical Properties of $C_4H_6O_5$-doped $MgB_2/Fe$ Wire

$C_4H_6O_5$ 도핑된 $MgB_2/Fe$ 선재의 임계특성에 대한 열처리 온도의 영향

  • Jun, Byung-Hyuk (Nuclear Nanomaterials Development Laboratory, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI)) ;
  • Kim, Jung-Ho (Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong) ;
  • Dou, Shi Xue (Institute for Superconducting and Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong) ;
  • Kim, Chan-Joong (Nuclear Nanomaterials Development Laboratory, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI))
  • Published : 2007.10.31

Abstract

The effects of the heat-treatment temperature on the carbon (C) substitution amount, full width at half maximum (FWHM) value, critical temperature ($T_c$), critical current density ($J_c$) have been investigated for 10 wt % malic acid ($C_4H_6O_5$)-doped $MgB_2/Fe$ wires. All the samples were fabricated by the in-situ powder-in-tube (PIT) method and heat-treated within a temperature range of $650^{\circ}C$ to $1000^{\circ}C$. As the heat-treatment temperature increased, it seemed that the lattice distortion was increased by a more active C substitution into the boron sites from the malic acid addition. These increased electron scattering defects seemed to enhance the $J_c-H$ properties in spite of an improvement in the crystallinity, such as a decrease of the FWHM value and an increase of the $T_c$. Compared to the un-doped wire heat-treated at $650^{\circ}C$ for 30 min, the $J_c$ was enhanced by the C doping in a high-field regime. The wire heat-treated at $900^{\circ}C$ resulted in a higher magnetic $J_c$ of approximately $10^4\;A/cm^2$ at 5 K and 8 T.

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