Abstract
The influence of the sinter-forging rate on the critical current density (J/sub c/) behaviour in an external field and on the contact resistance R/sub c/ for Bi-2223 current leads has been investigated. The current leads were fabricated by a combination of cold isostatic pressing (CIP) and sinter-forging methods with the thickness reduction rate ranging from 0% to 90%. The two silver contact terminals of each sample were also prepared during the sinter-forging. The results revealed that J/sub c/ was strongly affected by the deformation rate of sinter-forging and reached a maximum of 725 A/cm/sup 2/ at a deformation rate of 80%. From the measurements of the external magnetic field dependence on J/sub c/. It was determined that sinter-forging could improve the J/sub c/ behaviour in external fields, particularly in the regime below 10/spl times/10/sup -13/ Tesla (i.e. 10 mT). The measurements of the contact resistance R/sub c/ were conducted for different transport currents at 77 K. The results showed that the contact resistance for the samples with higher deformation rates became less dependent on the transport current over a range of 0.5 A to 50 A.
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