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Evaluation of Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of Ag Diffused Bulk MgB2 Superconductors      
Yazarlar
Mustafa Yılmazlar
Sakarya Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Cabir Terzioğlu
Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Musa Doğruer
Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
F Karaboğa
N Soylu
Yusuf Zalaoğlu
Osmaniye Korkut Ata Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Gürcan Yıldırım
Abant İzzet Baysal Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Özgür ÖZTÜRK Prof. Dr. Özgür ÖZTÜRK
Kastamonu Üniversitesi, Türkiye
Özet
Electrical, microstructural, and mechanical properties of undiffused and Ag-diffused bulk MgB2 superconductors are systematically studied using dc resistivity, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and Vickers microhardness (H V ) measurements. The resistivity (at room temperature), critical (onset and offset) temperature, variation of transition temperature, hole-carrier concentration, surface morphology, Vickers microhardness, elastic modulus, and yield strength values of the samples are obtained and compared with each other. One can see that all superconducting parameters given above depend on the Ag diffusion on MgB2 system. The obtained results illustrate that the room temperature resistivity reduces with the increment of diffusion annealing temperature because of the hole filling when the onset (Tconset) and offset (Tcoffset) critical temperatures determined from the resistivity curves are obtained to enhance from 38.4 to 39.7 K and from 36.9 to 38.8 K, respectively. Further, SEM studies carried out for the microstructural characterization demonstrate that the surface morphology and grain connectivity also improve with the increase of the diffusion annealing temperature. In fact, the best surface morphology is observed for the Ag-diffused bulk MgB2 superconductor exposed to 850 C annealing temperature. Besides, it is obtained that the load-dependent microhardness values reduce nonlinearly as the applied load increases until 2 N, beyond which the curves shift to the saturation region, presenting that all the samples exhibit the indentation size effect (ISE) behavior. Further, the elastic modulus and yield strength values observed decrease with the enhancement of the applied load. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.
Anahtar Kelimeler
Ag diffused MgB 2 | Scanning electron microscopy | Transition temperature | Vickers microhardness
Makale Türü Özgün Makale
Makale Alt Türü SSCI, AHCI, SCI, SCI-Exp dergilerinde yayımlanan tam makale
Dergi Adı JOURNAL OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND NOVEL MAGNETISM
Dergi ISSN 1557-1939
Dergi Tarandığı Indeksler SCI
Makale Dili İngilizce
Basım Tarihi 01-2014
Cilt No 27
Sayı 1
Sayfalar 77 / 82
Doi Numarası 10.1007/s10948-013-2268-3
Makale Linki http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s10948-013-2268-3