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Effects of heat treatment temperature on the formation of MgB2 bulk superconductors prepared using MgB4 and Mg powder

  • Kim, S.H. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Kang, W.N. (Sungkyunkwan University) ;
  • Lee, Y.J. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Jun, B.H. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, C.J. (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
  • Received : 2017.01.26
  • Accepted : 2017.02.21
  • Published : 2017.03.31
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Abstract

The effects of the heat treatment temperature ($600^{\circ}C-1050^{\circ}C$) on the formation of $MgB_2$ and the superconducting properties have been examined. The self-synthesized $MgB_4$ and commercial Mg powders were used as raw materials for the formation of $MgB_2$. The superconducting critical temperatures ($T_cs$) of $MgB_2$ bulk superconductors prepared at $600^{\circ}C-850^{\circ}C$ were as high as 37-38 K regardless of the heat treatment temperature. However, because $MgB_4$ is more stable than $MgB_2$ at above $850^{\circ}C$, no superconducting signals were detected in the susceptibility-temperature curves of the samples prepared above $850^{\circ}C$. As for the critical current density ($J_c$), the sample heat-treated at a low temperature ($600^{\circ}C$) for a prolonged period (40 h) showed a Jc higher than those prepared at $650^{\circ}C-850^{\circ}C$ for a short period (1 h). The FWHM (full width at half maximum) result showed that the grain size of $MgB_2$ of the $600^{\circ}C$ sample was smaller than that of the other samples. The high $J_c$ of the $600^{\circ}C$sample is attributed to the presence of large numbers of grain boundaries, which can act as flux pinning centers of $MgB_2$.

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