Transverse compressive stress effects on the critical current of Bi-2223/Ag tapes reinforced with pure Ag and oxide-dispersion-strengthened AgS.

Published

July 1, 2000

Author(s)

E Bray, John (Jack) W. Ekin, Cameron C. Clickner, L J. Masur

Abstract

We have measured the effect of transverse compressive stress on the critical current of two similar sets of Bi₂Sr₂Ca₂Cu₃O_X (Bi-2223) tapes in a direct comparison between tapes reinforced with pure Ag and oxide-dispersion-strengthened (ODS) Ag. The critical-current degradation at a transverse stress of 100 MPa was about 10% for the Bi-2223/pur Ag tapes and only about 3% for the ODS Ag tapes. In one case for each sample type the degradation was significantly greater, and there was an apparent correlation with porosity in the superconductor filaments. The degradation was the same for critical-current criteria from 5 υV/cm down to 0.1 υV/cm.

Citation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volume

88

Pub Type

Journals

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Keywords

Bi-2223, silver, strain, stress, superconductor, tape, transverse

Citation

Bray, E. , Ekin, J. , Clickner, C. and Masur, L. (2000), Transverse compressive stress effects on the critical current of Bi-2223/Ag tapes reinforced with pure Ag and oxide-dispersion-strengthened AgS., Journal of Applied Physics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=30586 (Accessed October 14, 2025)