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The influence of fast neutron irradiation on the superconducting transition temperature,T c , the transition width, upper critical field,B c2 , and critical current density,j c , has been investigated in YBa2Cu3O7 up to a fluence of 1019 cm−2 (E>1 MeV). TheT c degradation with fluence is slightly less than in PbMo6S8, but larger than in A 15 compounds. The irradiation induced increase of the normal state resistivity is accompanied by a remarkable decrease of both the intergrainj c and the superconducting volume fraction.
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Küpfer, H., Apfelstedt, I., Schauer, W. et al. Fast neutron irradiation of YBa2Cu3O7 . Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 69, 167–171 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01307272
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