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- Title
Effect of nano-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> doping on formation and superconductivity of bulk MgB<sub>2</sub>.
- Authors
Qing Zhi Shi; Ze Sheng Yan
- Abstract
Bulk materials of MgB2 have been prepared with the stoichiometry of MgB2(Al2O3) x ( x = 0, 2, 5, 10 and 20% nano-Al2O3 powders), by using solid-state reaction route. All samples were sintered at 750 °C for 30 min in a calorimeter to monitor the sintering reaction process. It is found that the onset temperatures of reaction between Mg and B powders increase significantly with increasing the amount of Al2O3. However, the reaction time is shortened for the nano-Al2O3 powders can effectively activate the reaction as a catalyst. The critical transition temperature decreases from 38.5 to 31.6 K, and the corresponding temperature window becomes narrow (less than 2.6 K). Furthermore, the amount of MgO impurity was found to increase with the increase of Al2O3, which probably indicates that partial Mg was replaced by Al.
- Subjects
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; CRITICAL currents; ELECTRIC conductivity; ISOSTATIC pressing; REACTION time
- Publication
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 2010, Vol 21, Issue 7, p656
- ISSN
0957-4522
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10854-009-9972-6