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Characteristics of TlBa2Ca2Cu3O9+δ powder as-synthesized and after grinding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

P.J. Kung
Affiliation:
Superconductivity Technology Center, MS K763, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
M.P. Maley
Affiliation:
Superconductivity Technology Center, MS K763, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
P.G. Wahlbeck
Affiliation:
Superconductivity Technology Center, MS K763, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
D.E. Peterson
Affiliation:
Superconductivity Technology Center, MS K763, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545
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Abstract

Crystal structure and superconductivity of the Tl–Ba–Ca–Cu–O powder prepared by a solid-state reaction were studied. The results of x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy analyses indicate that the powder of a major single 1223 phase was synthesized with a cauliflower-like morphology; by grinding, the powder was partially transformed to an amorphous phase. The measurement of magnetic hysteresis was also performed in the temperature range of 7–75 K up to 5 T from which the weak field-dependent behavior of critical current density was observed. The as-synthesized powder, with Tc = 110 K measured from magnetometer and susceptometer, is considered to consist of weak-linked regions. The results obtained from comparing the as-synthesized and the ground powder imply that in the Tl-1223 system, the Ag-sheathed tapes fabricated by the powder-in-tube process may be benefited by forming other intermediate phases with plate-like morphologies to give better densification or grain alignment.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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