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Trapping Mode Controlled Continuous Growth of SmBCO Bulk Superconductors
- Source :
- Crystal Growth & Design. 13:3734-3738
- Publication Year :
- 2013
- Publisher :
- American Chemical Society (ACS), 2013.
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Abstract
- In this work, we report a novel approach for a continuous growth of SmBa2Cu3Oy (Sm123) bulk superconductors. Under a conventional slow-cooling mode, it was found that the crystal growth slows down and terminates ahead of time due to a reduced effective supersaturation (σeff). Apart from commonly supposed two effects, RE2BaCuO5 (RE211, RE = rare earth element) coarsening in the melt and RE211 segregation at the growth front, we find that the noticeable reduction of t.c.s. (temperature coefficient of solubility) plays a significant role in the σeff declining phenomenon in the Sm–Ba–Cu–O system. In our new process, an accelerated cooling was applied to maintain a sufficient σeff so that a trapping mode controlled continuous growth is realized.
Details
- ISSN :
- 15287505 and 15287483
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Crystal Growth & Design
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........5377ec20cc9a28f1c2739253afa6e102