Abstract

Nanosize MgO particles were added to Bi 2.1Sr 1.7CaCu 2O x (Bi-2212) powder in various molar fractions. Bulk samples were made from the MgO/Bi-2212 and heat treated by partial-melt processing. Scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray spectra were used to study the phases present in the samples. The effects of the MgO additions on the flux pinning behavior as a function of magnetic field and temperature were investigated by magnetization hysteresis measurements obtained with a SQUID magnetometer and a 33 T vibrating sample magnetometer. It was found that the nanosize MgO addition did not affect T c of Bi-2212, while significantly expanding the magnetization hysteresis loops and increasing the irreversibility field. X-ray and SEM analysis suggested that MgO is inert with respect to Bi-2212.

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