Large transport critical currents in dense Fe- and Ni-clad MgB2 superconducting tapes
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- 5 November 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 79 (19), 3116-3118
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1415349
Abstract
We report on the preparation of dense monofilamentary MgB 2 /Ni and MgB 2 /Fe tapes with high critical current densities. In annealed MgB 2 /Ni tapes, we obtained transport critical current densities as high as 2.3×10 5 A/cm 2 at 4.2 K and 1.5 T, and for MgB 2 /Fe tapes 10 4 A/cm 2 at 4.2 K and 6.5 T. An extrapolation to zero field of the MgB 2 /Fe data gives a critical current value of ∼1 MA/cm 2 , corresponding to a critical current value well above 1000 A. The high j c values obtained after annealing are a consequence of sintering densification and grain reconnection. Fe does not react with MgB 2 and is thus an excellent sheath material candidate for tapes with self-field j c values at 4.2 K in excess of 1 MA/cm 2 .Keywords
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