The effect of cooling rates on properties of Bi1.7Pb0.35Sr1.9Ca2.1Cu3Oy superconductors produced by solid-state reaction method

Abstract

We have investigated the effect of the cooling rates in the Bi-2223 superconducting samples prepared by standard solid-state reaction method using electrical resistivity, transport critical current density, and XRD (X-ray diffraction) measurements. We estimated the transition temperature values from the DC resistivity measurements. We observed that transition temperature, T-c, and transport critical current density, J(c)(trans), depend on the cooling rates of the samples. They both increase with increasing cooling rates. We estimated the peak temperature, T-P, from our previous ac susceptibility measurements. The pinning force density increased with increasing the cooling rate. XRD patterns are used to calculate lattice parameter c and obtain information about Bi-2223 phase ratio. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.