Optimizing C incorporation into magnesium diboride.

• Main Authors: Soo, Kien Chen, Kwee, Y. Tan, Kar, Ban Tan, Shaari, Abdul Halim, Kursumovic, Ahmed, MacManus-Driscoll, Judith L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers 2011
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24636/; http://www.ieee.org/

In this work, either SiC or separate Si and C (Si+C) powders of up to 10 weight percentage were in situ reacted with Mg and B (molar ratio of 1:2) and the superconducting properties compared. The latter shows a smaller a-axis lattice cell parameter as compared to the same level of SiC additions, ind...