Prospects for improving the intrinsic and extrinsic properties of magnesium diboride superconducting strands

EW Collings, MD Sumption, M Bhatia… - Superconductor …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
The magnetic and transport properties of MgB 2 films present performance goals yet to be
attained for powder-processed bulk samples and conductors. Carbon-doped films have …

Superconductivity of MgB2 in the BCS framework with emphasis on extrinsic effects on critical temperature

K Vinod, N Varghese… - … Science and technology, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
The discovery of superconductivity in MgB 2 with an unusually high TC of 39 K interested
material scientists all over the world. Many of its superconducting properties, including an …

Measurement of mass attenuation coefficients and effective atomic numbers for MgB2 superconductor using X-ray energies

H Baltaş, Ş Çelik, U Çevik, E Yanmaz - Radiation measurements, 2007 - Elsevier
The powder and bulk MgB2 superconductors sintered in different Ar gas pressures were
investigated using X-ray diffraction patterns, mass density and mass attenuation coefficient …

Distribution of the microalloying element Cu in B4C-reinforced 6061Al composites

YT Zhou, YN Zan, SJ Zheng, QZ Wang, BL Xiao… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Cu is an important microalloying element in Al-Mg-Si (6xxx series) alloys, but its role in B 4 C-
reinforced Al-Mg-Si composites is rarely known. In this work, using the state-of-the-art Cs …

Enhancement of critical current density in low level Al-doped MgB2

A Berenov, A Serquis, XZ Liao, YT Zhu… - Superconductor …, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
Two sets of MgB 2 samples doped with up to 5 at.% of Al were prepared in different
laboratories using different procedures. Decreases in the'a'and'c'lattice parameters were …

Interfacial reactions and critical current density of Cu-sheathed Cu-doped MgB2 wire with Ti diffusion barrier

N Srivastava, S Mehrotra, M Búran, I Hušek… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Development of reaction zones at the core Mg (Cu)–boron (B) and barrier (Ti)–
sheath (Cu) interfaces of an internal magnesium diffusion (IMD) manufactured MgB 2 …

High-pressure synthesis of pure and doped superconducting MgB2 compounds

P Toulemonde, N Musolino… - … Science and Technology, 2003 - iopscience.iop.org
Superconducting properties of bulk, dense, pure MgB 2 and doped (Mg 1− x A x) B 2
samples with A= Na, Ca, Cu, Ag, Zn and Al were studied for compositional ranges 0< x≤ …

Enhancement of grain connectivity and critical current density in the ex-situ sintered MgB2 superconductors by doping minor Cu

F Cheng, Z Ma, C Liu, H Li, MSA Hossain… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The influence of Cu addition on the microstructure and superconducting performance of ex-
situ sintered MgB 2 is systemically studied. It is found that the critical current density (J c) of …

Investigation of effect of annealing temperature on mechanical properties of MgB2

C Terzioglu, A Varilci, I Belenli - Journal of alloys and compounds, 2009 - Elsevier
The effect of annealing temperature on the microstructure, magnetic and mechanical
properties of MgB2 superconducting samples has been studied. The study consists of XRD …

Study on the formation of MgB2 phase

Q Feng, C Chen, J Xu, L Kong, X Chen, Y Wang… - Physica C …, 2004 - Elsevier
Careful investigations on a series of the MgB2 phases quenched at different sintering
temperatures during fabrication process have been carried out, and important information is …