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The evolution of properties and microstructure of Bi- 2212 wires after gamma-ray irradiation

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Among various high-temperature superconducting materials, Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (Bi-2212) is considered as one of the most promising candidates to fabricate superconductors for magnetic confinement fusion reactors.

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Considering that the superconductors will be subject to irradiation in nuclear reactors, the effects of gamma-ray irradiation on the superconducting properties of Bi-2212 wires is studied in the present work. Critical current (Ic) tests have been done for Bi-2212 wires with different gamma-ray irradiation doses and the variation of Ic is correlated to the change of micro-structures.

During the 12 T critical current (Ic) tests, the normalized Ic first rises to 1.15 then decreases to 0.89 with the increase of irradiation time. Results from X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)indicate that defects are produced within the gamma-ray irradiated samples. From the images of high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), amorphous structure in the gamma-ray irradiated sample is discovered as well.

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