Fine structure of a bulk MgB2 superconductor after deformation and heat treatment


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The structure of the MgB2 superconductor subjected to high-temperature restoration annealing after cold deformation under high pressure in a Toroid chamber or Bridgman anvils has been investigated by transmission electron microscopy. It has been shown that after postdeformation annealing at 950°C the average size of crystallites in the matrix phase increases 5–10 times compared to the deformed state, reaching ~50–150 nm, as well as the critical current density increases by a factor of three (up to 6.7 × 104 A/cm2, 30 K) compared to the initial state. It has been found that the MgO phase and the higher magnesium borides are present in the form of dispersed precipitates 10–70 nm in size.

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E. I. Kuznetsova

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch

Email: sudareva@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, ul. S. Kovalevskoi 18, Ekaterinburg, 620990

T. P. Krinitsina

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch

Email: sudareva@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, ul. S. Kovalevskoi 18, Ekaterinburg, 620990

Yu. V. Blinova

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch

Email: sudareva@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, ul. S. Kovalevskoi 18, Ekaterinburg, 620990

M. V. Degtyarev

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch

Email: sudareva@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, ul. S. Kovalevskoi 18, Ekaterinburg, 620990

S. V. Sudareva

Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics, Ural Branch

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Email: sudareva@imp.uran.ru
Russian Federation, ul. S. Kovalevskoi 18, Ekaterinburg, 620990

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