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Effect of internal fission-fragment irradiation on critical currents and flux creep in Bi–Sr–Ca–Cu–O superconductors doped with UO2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

F.E. Luborsky ,
R.H. Arendt ,
R.L. Fleischer ,
H.R. Hart Jr. ,
J.E. Tkaczyk  and
D.A. Orsini
F.E. Luborsky
Affiliation:
General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York 12301
R.H. Arendt
Affiliation:
General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York 12301
R.L. Fleischer
Affiliation:
General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York 12301
H.R. Hart Jr.
Affiliation:
General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York 12301
J.E. Tkaczyk
Affiliation:
General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York 12301
D.A. Orsini
Affiliation:
General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York 12301
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Abstract

Fission fragment damage was introduced into samples of Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox and Bi1.7Pb0.3Sr2Ca2Cu3Oy, doped with various levels of UO2, by irradiation with thermal neutrons. The critical temperatures were unchanged. Concurrent with an increase in intragranular Jc previously reported, a decrease in flux creep was observed. The apparent pinning potential for creep at 10 K and 0.8 T increased on irradiation by about two to three times for both the 2212 and 2223 compounds. This increased apparent pinning potential is attributed to the strong pinning introduced by the damage caused by the travel of the fission fragments through the crystal. Pinning potential after irradiation increased with an increase in the amount of UO2 in the sample. The increase in bulk pinning potential on irradiation was proportional to the increase in intragranular critical currents on irradiation, qualitatively as expected theoretically.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 8 , Issue 6 , June 1993 , pp. 1277 - 1284
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1993

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