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- Title
Electrical properties and longitudinal modulus of superconductor/polymer NdBa2Cu3O7−δ/PVC composites.
- Authors
Abd-Shukor, R.; Abdullah, Ibrahim; Hamadneh, Imad
- Abstract
High temperature superconductor NdBa2Cu3O7−δ/poly(vinyl chloride) (Nd123/PVC) composites have been prepared by cold press and hot press methods. Addition of PVC resulted in increase of the electrical resistivity with percolation occurring between 0.3 and 0.5 Nd123 volume fraction for both preparation methods. Although the samples showed some form of magnetic levitation at liquid nitrogen temperature, they do not show any zero-resistance temperature indicating the lack of effective superconducting percolative path. The density deviates from the linear calculated value with increasing Nd123 content at 0.3 volume fraction for the cold press and at 0.6 for the hot pressed samples due to increasing porosity. X-ray powder diffraction patterns suggest that the Nd123 crystals tend to align when the composites are prepared by hot press method. A resistance anomaly is observed at 90 K in the hot press composites indicating improved electrical contact between the aligned Nd123 grains. The longitudinal modulus increases as Nd123 content is increased.
- Subjects
COMPOSITE materials; ELECTRIC properties; SUPERCONDUCTORS; PERCOLATION; ELECTRICAL resistivity; MAGNETIC suspension; LIQUID nitrogen; POROSITY
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science, 2001, Vol 36, Issue 4, p853
- ISSN
0022-2461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1004878513136