continuation joint orientation and their characterisation results for the first time. One of the
joints demonstrated the critical temperature (offset) of 34.4 K and the critical current (I c) of
38.5 A at 10 K in self-field. Unconventional I c behaviour of the joint was observed at 20 K in
self-field when the I c was measured in a high to a low field due to the effect of field trapping
in the MgB 2 bulk within the joint. Elemental mapping at the interface between the MgB 2 …