Effect of Plastic Deformation and Annealing Temperature on Superconducting Properties
- 1 January 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 125 (1), 142-148
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.125.142
Abstract
Single crystals and polycrystals of Nb and Re were deformed in tension at room temperature. The critical field was found in both cases to increase with deformation and in the case of Nb the increase was as large as 150%. The change in critical field is related to the increase in plastic deformation. Annealing the plastically deformed sample restored the original critical field. The transition temperature in Nb was not affected either by the deformation or the annealing treatment. These experimental results can be explained theoretically if one assumes that in a hard superconductor the current is carried by filaments. The filaments may be identified with dislocations.Keywords
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