Wh. Wei et al., PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES OF NANOSIZE TIO2 AND MGO-DOPED BI2SR2CACU2OX TAPES, IEEE transactions on applied superconductivity, 7(2), 1997, pp. 1556-1559
Nanosize MgO and TiO2 particles were added to the Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox, powde
r with 20% molar fraction. Powder-in-tube Ag-sheathed tapes were made
from the doped powders and heat treated by partial melting processing,
Heat treatment optimization was carried out to increase the critical
current density, Scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive Xr
ay spectra were used to study the phases present in the tapes, The eff
ect of MgO additions on the flux pinning behavior was investigated by
magnetic hysteresis and transport critical current measurements at var
ious temperatures and fields.