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Manufacturing, Structure, Properties of MgB2-Based Materials

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The composition of MgB2-based materials (wires, bulks, and thin films) with high critical current densities, jc, prepared at different pressure (0.1 MPa–2 GPa)—temperature (600–1050 °C) conditions was analyzed by the X-ray and JAMP−9500F Auger spectrometer (after removing the oxidized layers at the sample surfaces by Ar ion etching performed directly in the vacuum chamber of a microscope). Similar regularly distributed inhomogeneities connected with Mg, B, and admixture O content variation on the nanolevel were observed in all types of the MgB2-based materials. The correlations between the character of the material inhomogeneities and the attained superconducting characteristics are discussed.

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  1. Institute for Superhard Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, 04074, Ukraine

    T. Prikhna, V. Moshchil, A. Kozyrev, M. Karpets & A. Shaternik

  2. Atominstitut, TU Wien, Stadionallee 2, 1020, Wien, Austria

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  3. Hyper Tech Research, Inc., 539 Industrial Mile Road, Columbus, OH, USA

    M. Rindfleisch & M. Tomsic

  4. Institute of Semiconductor Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 41, Nauky Ave., Kyiv, 03028, Ukraine

    S. S. Ponomaryov

  5. Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12 Bandera Str., Lviv, 79013, Ukraine

    V. V. Romaka

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Prikhna, T., Eisterer, M., Rindfleisch, M. et al. Manufacturing, Structure, Properties of MgB2-Based Materials. J Supercond Nov Magn 32, 3115–3120 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-019-5062-z

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