• Title/Summary/Keyword: Magnesium diboride

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Comparison of superconducting generator with 2G HTS and MgB2 wires

  • Park, S.I.;Kim, J.H.;Le, T.D.;Kim, H.M.
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.48-52
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    • 2013
  • This paper compares the features of second generation (2G) High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) field coil with those of magnesium diboride ($MgB_2$) field coil for a 10 MW class superconducting generator. Both coils can function effectively in their respective magnetic flux density range: 10-12 T for 2G HTS field coil, 2 T for $MgB_2$ superconducting field coil. Even though some leading researchers have been developing 10 MW class superconducting generator with 2G HTS field coil, other research groups have begun to focus on $MgB_2$ wire, which is more economical and suitable for mass production. However 2G HTS wire is still appealing in functions such as in-field property and critical temperature, it shows higher in-field property and critical temperature than $MgB_2$ wire.

Evaluation of Mg size dependence on superconductivity of MgB2

  • Sinha, B.B.;Jang, S.H.;Chung, K.C.;Kim, J.H.;Dou, S.X.
    • Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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    • v.15 no.2
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    • pp.39-43
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    • 2013
  • $MgB_2$ bulk samples are synthesized through solid state reaction route using Mg precursors with different particle size by keeping the boron precursor unchanged. Scanning electron microscopy study of the fractured surface for all the samples depicts quite distinct structure depending on the Mg precursor. Big size of Mg precursor resulted in to largely elongated and deep pores while smaller one gave roughly ellipsoidal and shallow pore structure. Influence of the Mg particle size on the grain to grain connectivity reflected in the critical current density value which was greater for samples with smaller Mg precursor. All the synthesized samples undergo a superconducting transition at around 36.5 K irrespective of different Mg precursor particle size.

Energy Gap of $MgB_2$ from Point Contact Spectroscopy

  • Lee, Suyoun;Yonuk Chong;S. H. Moon;Lee, H. N.;Kim, H. G.
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.3 no.2
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    • pp.146-150
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    • 2002
  • We performed the point contact spectroscopy on newly discovered superconductor $MgB_2$ thin films with Au tip. In the point contact spectroscopy of the metallic Sharvin limit, the differential conductance below the gap is twice as that above the gap by virtue of Andreev Reflection. After some surface cleaning processes of sample preparation such as ion-milling and wet etching, the obtained dI/dV versus voltage curves are relatively well fitted to the Blonder-Tinkham-Klapwijk (BTK) formalism. Gaps determined by this technique were distributed in the range of 3meV~ 8meV with the BCS value of 5.9meV in the weak coupling limit. We attribute these discrepancies to the symmetry of the gap parameter and the degradation of the surface of the sample. We also present the temperature dependence of the conductance vs voltage curve and thereby the temperature dependence of the gap.

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Fabrication of Magnesium Diboride Thin Films by Aerosol Deposition (에어로졸 증착법에 의한 $MgB_2$ 박막 제조)

  • Sinha, B.B.;Chung, K.C.;Jang, S.H.;Hahn, B.D.;Park, D.S.;Wang, X.L.;Dou, S.X.
    • Progress in Superconductivity
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.122-126
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    • 2011
  • Superconducting $MgB_2$ thin films were fabricated by using a novel aerosol deposition technique wherein the pre-reacted powder is directly transformed into respective thin film. The formed thin films were characterized by X-ray diffraction technique and FE-SEM to understand its structure and morphology and the superconducting behavior has been characterized with the four probe resistivity measurement. The as-deposited thin films were formed into the frustrated amorphous structure, which were relaxed on the further heat treatment at $900^{\circ}C$ for 3 hrs. The relaxed amorphous $MgB_2$ thin films showed a comparatively high superconducting onset at about 38 K.