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A simple approach to describe levitation force measurements on bulk melt-pr
ocessed high temperature superconductors was developed. A couple of methods
to determine the critical current density J(c) were introduced. The averag
ed a-b-plane J(c) values for the field parallel to this plane were determin
ed. The first and second levitation force hysteresis loops calculated with
these J(c) values coincide remarkably well with the experimental data. (C)
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