High levitation force and trapped field of large grain YBCO at 77K by Ga doping

Yu X. Zhou, Wai Lo, Tong B. Tang, Kamel Salama

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Abstract

Levitation force and magnetic field trapping are the most important properties of YBCO large grain materials. They are dependent on the pinning force exerting on the magnetic flux lines by various crystal defects in YBCO. In this paper, Ga-doped bulk YBCO samples were fabricated by SmBCO seeded melt-growth process. The levitation force and trapped field were enhanced by the introduce of nanometer scale week superconducting regions which are formed by the Ga partially substituting for Cu on the Cu-O chain.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)II8.2.1-II8.2.6
JournalMaterials Research Society Symposium - Proceedings
Volume659
StatePublished - 2001
EventHigh Temperature Superconductors - Crystal Chemistrym Processing and Properties - Boston, MA, United States
Duration: Nov 27 2000Dec 1 2000

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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