Extremely fine precipitates and flux pinning in melt-processed YBa{sub 2}Cu{sub 3}O{sub x} [electronic resource].
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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1993. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Using a solid-liquid-melt-growth processing method, melt-textured 123 (YBa₂Cu₃Oₓ) samples were produced with 211 (Y₂BaCuO₅) particles on the order of 100 Å. Flux pinning was found to significantly increase up to 80 K with a large amount of these very fine 211 inclusions.