The changes in normal state and superconducting properties of MgB 2 as a result of various perturbations have been investigated. Carbon doping was achieved using a two step reaction process wherein boron filaments were doped with carbon via a chemical vapor deposition technique. The subsequent filaments were then exposed to magnesium vapor to form the superconducting phase. Studies on the effects of defects introduced by neutron irradiation were performed on both pure and carbon doped MgB2 wires that were exposed to thermal neutron fluences in the range 1018-10 19 n/cm2;Different techniques for synthesizing carbon doped MgB2 powders were investigated. Bulk Mg(B1-xCx)2 samples were synthesized in sintered pellet form from mixtures of elemental Mg, B, and the binary compound B4C. Nano-scale carbon doped boron particles, that are ideally suited for powder-in-tube processing of superconducting wire, were synthesized by a gas phase plasma synthesis method;The effects of the various processing conditions on the critical current density are presented. Additionally, Ti was added to Mg(B1-xC x)2 filaments in order to explore the feasibility of creating TiBx precipitates in carbon doped MgB2 samples in order to enhance in-field critical current densities.
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机译:已经研究了由于各种微扰而导致的MgB 2的正常状态和超导特性的变化。使用两步反应工艺实现碳掺杂,其中通过化学气相沉积技术将硼丝掺入碳中。然后将随后的细丝暴露于镁蒸气中以形成超导相。对暴露于热中子通量范围为1018-10 19 n / cm2的纯MgB2和碳掺杂MgB2导线进行了中子辐照引入的缺陷影响研究;研究了合成碳掺杂MgB2粉末的不同技术。从元素Mg,B和二元化合物B4C的混合物中,以烧结的颗粒形式合成大量Mg(B1-xCx)2样品。通过气相等离子体合成方法合成了纳米级碳掺杂硼粒子,该粒子非常适合超导线管中粉末加工;给出了各种工艺条件对临界电流密度的影响。另外,将Ti添加到Mg(B1-xC x)2细丝中,以研究在掺碳MgB2样品中创建TiBx沉淀物的可行性,以增强场内临界电流密度。
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