A. Wisniewski et al., FLUX-PINNING IN OXYGEN-DEFICIENT MELT-TEXTURED YBA2CU3O7-X, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 144, 1995, pp. 1299-1300
Critical current densities (J(c)) and the irreversibility lines (ILs)
of 7 melt-textured samples with different oxygen content (27.4 K < T-c
< 92.4 K) were investigated. The values of J(c)(ab) decrease systemat
ically with increasing oxygen deficiency. All the ILs shift to lower f
ields and temperatures with decreasing oxygen content. A crossover in
the slope of log(H-irr) versus log(1 - T-irr/T-c) as well as pronounce
d changes in the shape and anisotropy of the ILs were observed.