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The Effects of Radial Temperature Gradient on the Macrostructure and Properties of MTG Large Bulk YBCO Superconductor

  • Wanmin Yang
  • , Jingrong Wang
  • , Cuiping Zhang
  • , Jianping Li
  • , Tiancheng Wang
  • , Pingxiang Zhang
  • , Xiaozu Wu
  • , Lian Zhou
  • Northwest Institute for Nonferrous Metal Research

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Abstract

The effects of radial temperature gradient on the macrostructure and properties of MTG bulk YBCO superconductor have been investigated. The results indicate that a positive radial temperature gradient is favourable for depressing the nucleation number of YBCO bulk superconductors during the MTG process. Samples fabricated in this way is composed of a few large fan-shaped YBCO Superconducting crystal domains, and its magnetic levitation force is higher. On the contrary, a negative radial temperature gradient is favourable for randomly nucleation, and produces a sample with many small crystal domains randomly oriented. The magnetic levitation force of the sample is lower.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)33
Number of pages1
JournalXiyou Jinshu Cailiao Yu Gongcheng/Rare Metal Materials and Engineering
Volume25
Issue number4
StatePublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Large bulk YBCO superconductor
  • MTG
  • Property
  • Radial temperature gradient

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