Strain sensor designs and strain measurements based on single-crystal sapphire fibers with inscribed first-order fiber Bragg gratings for applications up to 600 °C are presented. We report on all the ...details of two different sensor designs; for instance, we show that the resolution of multimode sapphire fiber Bragg grating (SFBG) strain sensors is about Δl/l = 10 -5 (10 μstrain), which is comparable with state-of-the-art high-temperature sensors. We apply our sensors for the determination of the thermal expansion coefficients of high-temperature steel alloys, showing a good match to known values. Hence, we believe that SFBG sensors may represent a promising alternative to currently used non-optic-based strain-detecting devices.
Comprehensive experimental results of fully oxidized (up to YBa2Cu3O6,9-7) melt-textured YBaCuO materials with different microstructures are presented. These microstructures are built respectively: ...(1) with a high dislocations density but almost without twins (after high temperature treatment at 2 GPa) and (2) with a high twin density, but practically free from dislocations and stacking faults (after high temperature oxygenation at 10-16 MPa). It is shown that for attaining high critical current densities and fields of irreversibility (jc(H||c, 0 T)=9·104 A/cm2, Hirr=9.7 T at 77 K), a high twin density in YBa2Cu3O6.9-7 matrix of MT-YBCO is required. The density of twins in fully oxidized materials depends on the distances between Y2BaCuO5 inclusions, larger twin densities are related to shorter distances between inclusions. The influence of phase composition of the initial powder mixtures on the distances between Y2BaCuO5 inclusions have been characterized and discussed.
The magnetic anisotropy of epitaxial spinel ferrite CoFe2O4 films grown on SrTiO3 substrates by pulsed laser deposition can be reoriented by inserting a thin SrRuO3 buffer layer. Without SrRuO3, the ...CoFe2O4 films show a uniaxial anisotropy with the easy axis perpendicular to the film plane, while inserting a SrRuO3 buffer layer results in the switching of the easy axis into the in-plane orientation. This is associated with a tensile and a compressive strain for the films without and with buffer layer, respectively, which is also correlated with the different density of interfacial misfit dislocations. As a result, the ferrite films can be effectively tailored by using SrRuO3.
Recently developed manufacturing technologies use high pressure and various doping additions to prepare bulk MgB2-based materials with a high critical current density measured by the magnetization ...method. We use a contactless transformer method, which is based on studying the superconductor response to an induced transport current, to measure AC losses in bulk MgB2 rings synthesized under high pressure. The obtained dependence of the losses on the primary current (applied magnetic field) is fitted by a power law with an exponent of ∼2.1 instead of the cubic dependence predicted by Bean's model and power law electric field-current density (E-J) characteristics with a large exponent. An unusually strong dependence of the AC losses on the frequency is also observed. It is shown that the E-J characteristic of bulk MgB2 is well fitted by the dependence used in the extended critical state model based on account of the viscous vortex motion in the flux flow regime. Numerical simulation using this E-J characteristic gives current and frequency AC loss dependences that agree well with the experimental results.
The actual limitations for the trapped field in YBa2Cu3O7-delta (YBCO) monoliths are discussed. The influence of the sample geometry and of the critical current density on the trapped field is ...investigated by numerical calculations. The field dependence of the critical current density strongly influences the trapped field. A nonlinear relationship between the sample size, the critical current density and the resulting trapped field is derived. The maximum achievable trapped field in YBCO at 77 K is found to be around 2.5 T. This limit is obtained for reasonable geometries and high but realistic critical current densities. Such high fields have not been reached experimentally so far, due to non-optimized flux pinning and material inhomogeneities. These inhomogeneities can be directly assessed by the magnetoscan technique, and their influence is discussed. Significant differences between the a- and the c-growth sectors were found. Limitations due to cracks and non-superconducting inclusions (e.g. 211 particles) are estimated and found to be candidates for variations of Jc on a millimetre length scale, as observed in experiments.
The volume pinning force,
F
p(max)
, increases with increasing synthesis or sintering pressure (0.1 MPa–2 GPa) in materials prepared at high temperature (1050 °C) while it stays practically unchanged ...in those prepared at low temperature (800 °C). The position of
F
p(max)
can be shifted to higher magnetic fields by: (1) increasing the manufacturing pressure or decreasing the temperature (2) additions (Ti, SiC, or C, for example), and (3) in-situ preparation. Grain boundary pinning (GBP) dominates in materials prepared at low temperatures (600–800 °C), while high-temperature preparation induces strong point pinning (PP) or mixed pinning (MP) leading to outstanding properties. In materials produced by spark plasma sintering (SPS), the position of
F
p(max)
is higher than expected for both grain boundary and point pinning. The distribution of boron and oxygen in MgB
2
based material, which can changed by additions or the preparation conditions, significantly affects the type and strength of pining.
Materials prepared under a pressure of 2 GPa with a nominal composition of Mg:7B or Mg:12B consist of 88.5 wt % MgB
12
, 2.5 wt % MgB
2
, 9 wt % MgO or 53 wt % MgB
12
, 31 wt % MgB
20
16 wt % MgO, respectively. Their magnetic shielding fractions at low temperatures are 10 % and 1.5 %, with a transition temperature,
T
c
of 37.4–37.6 K. Although their magnetic critical current density at zero field and 20 K was 2–5×10
2
A/cm
2
, they were found to be insulating on the macroscopic level.
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The relevant pinning centers of Abrikosov vortices in MgB2-based materials are oxygen-enriched Mg-B-O inclusions or nanolayers and inclusions of MgBx (x>4) phases. The high critical current ...densities, jc, of 106 and 103A cm2 at 1 and 8.5 T, respectively, at 20 K can be achieved in polycrystalline materials (prepared at 2 GPa) containing a large amount of admixed oxygen. Besides, oxygen can be incorporated into the MgB2 structure in small amounts (MgB1.5O0.5), which is supported by Auger studies and calculations of the DOS and the binding energy. The jc of melt textured YBa2Cu3O7-δ (or Y123)-based superconductors (MT-YBaCuO) depends not only on the perfectness of texture and the amount of oxygen in the Y123 structure, but also on the density of twins and micro-cracks formed during the oxygenation (due to shrinking of the c-lattice parameter). The density of twins and microcracks increases with the reduction of the distance between Y2BaCuO5 (Y211) inclusions in Y123. At 77 K jc=8·104 A/cm2 in self-field and jc=103 A/cm2 at 10 T were found in materials oxygenated at 16 MPa for 3 days with a density of twins of 2235 per µm (thickness of the lamellae: 45-30 nm) and a density of micro-cracks of 200280 per mm. Pinning can occur at the points of intersection between the Y123 twin planes and the Y211 inclusions. MTYBaCuO at 77 K can trap 1.4 T (38×38×17 mm, oxygenated at 0.1 MPa for 20 days) and 0.8 T (16 mm in diameter and 10 mm thick with 0.45 mm holes oxygenated at 10 MPa for 53 h). The sensitivity of MgB2 to magnetic field variations (flux jumps) complicates estimates of the trapped field. At 20 K 1.8 T was found for a block of 30 mm in diameter and a thickness of 7.5 mm and 1.5 T (if the magnetic field was increased at a rate of 0.1 T) for a ring with dimensions 24×18 mm and a thickness of 8 mm.
A systematic study of the structure and superconductive characteristics of high-pressure-high-temperature (2 GPa, 700-1000 deg C)-synthesized and sintered MgB2 without additions from different ...initial powders was performed. Among various secondary phases Mg-B inclusions with a stoichiometry close to MgB12 were identified. With an increasing amount of these inclusions the critical current density increased. So these inclusions can be feasible pinning centres in MgB2. The highest jc values in zero field were 1300 kA cm-2 at 10 K, 780 kA cm-2 at 20 K and 62 kA cm-2 at 35 K and in 1 T field were 1200 kA cm-2 at 10 K, 515 kA cm-2 at 20 K and 0.1 kA cm-2 at 35 K for high-pressure-synthesized magnesium diboride and the field of irreversibility at 20 K reached 8 T. The average grain sizes calculated from x-ray examinations in materials having high jc were 15-37 nm.
Bulk MgB 2 - and YBaCuO-based materials are competitive candidates for applications. The properties of both compounds can be significantly improved by high temperature-high pressure preparation ...methods. The transformation of grain boundary pinning to point pinning in MgB 2 -based materials with increasing manufacturing temperature from 800 to 1050 ° C under pressures from 0.1 MPa to 2 GPa correlates well with an increase in critical current density in low and intermediate magnetic fields and with the redistribution of boron and oxygen in the material structure. As the manufacturing temperature increases (to 2 GPa), the discontinuous oxygen-enriched layers transform into distinct Mg-B-O inclusions, and the size and amount of inclusions of higher borides MgB X (X>;2) are reduced. The effect of oxygen and boron redistribution can be enhanced by Ti or SiC addition. The oxygenation of melt-textured YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 - δ (MT-YBaCuO) under oxygen pressure (16 MPa) allows one to increase the oxygenation temperature from 440°C to 700-800°C, which leads to an increase of the twin density in the Y123 matrix and to a decrease of dislocations, stacking faults, and the density of microcracks, and as a result, to an increase of the critical current density, J c , and the trapped magnetic field. In MT-YBaCuO, practically free form dislocations and stacking faults and with a twin density of 22-35 μm -1 , J c of 100 kA/cm 2 (at 77 K, 0 T) has been achieved, and the importance of twins in Y123 for pinning was demonstrated experimentally.
Results on an established batch process preparing melt-textured YBCO in high quality and quantity will be reported. We used a standard composition Y1.5Ba2Cu3O7-X+1 wt% CeO2 without further doping to ...fabricate single-domain YBCO monoliths in different sizes and shapes (cylindrical, quadratic) as well as rectangular multi-seeded YBCO monoliths. Up to 2-3 kg melt-textured YBCO blocks are grown reproducibly in one box furnace run. Top seeding by self-made SmBCO was improved and rationalized. Optimization of oxygen annealing treatment leads to macro-crack free YBCO monoliths. Each YBCO monolith was characterized by integral levitation force and field mapping. In a single-domain quadratic monolith with an edge length of 38 mm a maximum induction of 1.44 T at 77 K and a distance of 0.5 mm was frozen. The reproducibility of the batch process is guaranteed. Mean maximum induction from 1.1 to 1.2 T at 77 K per batch was reached. A trapped magnetic field of 2.5 T was achieved between two single-domain monoliths in a gap of 1.5 mm at 77 K.
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