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Practical Cuprate Superconductors
Sustained research at R&D centres in several countries yielded huge success in the production of three most popular cuprates, namely REBCO, Bi-2223...
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Classical Superconductors Materials, Structures and Properties
In this chapter, we discuss the structures and properties of classical (or conventional) superconductors, often dubbed also low-Tc materials (LTSc)....
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Design of Cuprate HTS Superconductors
This chapter focuses on two important aspects of advancing and engineering rare-earth, cuprate-based bulk high-temperature superconductors [(RE)BCO]...
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High-Tc Cuprate Superconductors: Materials, Structures and Properties
The cuprate superconductors are the first and the most important high-Tc superconducting materials, as still today applications of superconductivity...
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Effects of Nanosized PbO and MgO, Rolling, and Sintering Time on Crack and Current Density of Bi1.6Pb0.4Sr2Ca2Cu3O10/Ag Superconductor Tapes
The effects of nanoparticle additions, rolling, and sintering time on the transport critical current density, J c , of Ag-sheathed Bi 1.6 Pb 0.4 Sr 2 Ca 2 Cu 3 O 10...
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AC Loss and Magnetostriction of Anisotropic High-Temperature Superconductors Under Electro-Magnetic-Thermal Coupling Effect
High-temperature superconductors are anisotropic materials and are often subjected to variable external magnetic and temperature fields. The...
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Modeling and Analysis of HTS Distribution Transformers Under Various Conditions Using FEM
Distribution transformers with different ratings are one of the significant components in power systems. However, the high drawback of conventional...
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Iron-Based Practical Superconductors
The year 2008 turned out to be a landmark year for the superconductivity community when Hosono discovered superconductivity in iron-based compounds....
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Improvement in electrical properties of Bi-2212 superconducting materials substituted with large-scale nano-sized tin
In the current work, the effect of nano-sized Sn (50 nm)/Sr partial replacement on the superconducting properties such as crystal structure, quality...
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High-Temperature Cuprate Superconductors and Later Discoveries
The discovery of superconductivity at 30 K in an oxygen deficient La4Ba1Cu5O5(3−y) compound by Bednorz and Muller in 1986 marked a turning point in...
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Mechanical Properties of Superconducting Materials
Superconducting materials are currently the key research target in the field of basic and applied superconductivity. The intrinsic brittleness and...
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Magnetic Properties of Superconducting Materials
This chapter deals with the magnetic properties of superconductors, especially such which are not part of the textbook superconductivity chapters....
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Fast Neutron Irradiation Effects on (Bi1.6Pb0.4)Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 Superconductor Prepared Using Co-precipitation Technique
Neutron irradiation is one of the methods to improve the transport properties of superconductors by creating defects for flux pinning centers. In...
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Two-Phase Microstructure Generated by Reaction of Nano WO3 Addition and its Effect on Flux Pinning in Bi 2212 Composites
In the present work, Tungsten trioxide (WO 3 ) nanoparticles are added (up to 5 wt%) to Bi 2 Sr 2.14 Ca 0.86 Cu 2 O y (Bi 2212) compound using a sol-casting...
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Smart Metastructure Method for Increasing TC of Bi(Pb)SrCaCuO High-Temperature Superconductors
Improving the critical transition temperature ( T C ) of Bi(Pb)SrCaCuO (B(P)SCCO) high-temperature superconductors is important; however, considerable...
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Role of zirconia nanoparticles on microstructure, excess conductivity and pinning mechanism of BSCCO superconductor ceramics
Using the solid-state reaction process, we prepared (Bi,Pb) 2 Sr 2 Ca 2 Cu 3 O 10-δ (Bi-2223 for brevity) ceramics with the addition of zirconium dioxide (ZrO 2 ...
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Effect of Post-Annealing on the Phase Transformation and Critical Current Density of (Bi, Pb)-2223/AgAu Tapes
During the sintering process of Ag-alloy sheathed Bi-2223 tapes, post-annealing (PA) played an important role on the final current capacity by...
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Critical current density of (Bi1.6Pb0.4)Sr2Ca2Cu3O10 superconductor irradiated with neutron in in-core facilities: rotary rack and dry tube at PUSPATI TRIGA Research Reactor
The effects of neutron irradiation in dry tube (DT) and rotary rack (RR) facilities at PUSPATI TRIGA Reactor on the superconducting properties of (Bi 1.6...
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Tailoring the Physical Properties of (Bi, Pb)-2212 Superconductor by the Addition of Cd0.95Mn0.05O Nanoparticles
The effect of CdMnO addition on the physical properties of Bi-2212 superconductors was investigated. The conventional solid-state reaction technique...
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Impact of High Pelletize Pressure on Superconducting Properties of (Cu)x/CuTl-1223 Composites
Two-step solid-state reaction method was used to synthesize (Cu 0.5 Tl 0.5 ) Ba 2 Ca 2 Cu 3 O 10-δ (CuTl-1223) superconducting phase, and sol–gel method was...
