Effect of heating rates on microstructure and superconducting properties of pure MgB2 |
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Authors: | Qian Zhao Yongchang LiuYajing Han Zongqing MaQingzhi Shi Zhiming Gao |
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Affiliation: | School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin Key Lab of Composite and Functional Materials, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, People’s Republic of China |
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Abstract: | The influence of different heating rates, ranging from 5 to 30 K min−1, on the microstructure and superconducting of the MgB2 bulk was investigated. No obvious variation in the grain size was found for the samples heated from 5 K min−1 to 20 K min−1 except for the changes in morphologies. Moreover, the grain refinement was obtained under the heating rate of 30 K min−1. The critical current density (Jc) suggested that the 5 K min−1 sample had the best performance in high field. Here, the differential thermal analysis (DTA) was employed to analyze the kinetics of MgB2 phase formation with the different heating rates. The results showed that the large amount of MgB2 formed at low temperature, which lead to compact structures under the slow heating rate. The fast heating rate would promote the evaporation of Mg at high temperature, which was considered to generate the vacancy and impurities in the sample. |
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Keywords: | 74.70.Ad 07.20.Fw 74.25.Ha |
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