Fabrication of Superconducting MgB₂-Based Nanocomposites with Magnetic Inclusions by Spark Plasma Sintering

Abstract:

We present the fabrication, structural, and transport properties of MgB2-based ceramic composites with magnetic nanospheres fabricated by spark plasma sintering. The nanospheres are either carbon–encapsulated iron or iron oxide. The former nanospheres have been prepared by laser pyrolysis whereas the iron oxide was obtained by the pyrolysis of the polysiloxane-based copolymers embedded into MgB2 matrix during the sintering process. The structural data show the shrinkage of the a-axis lattice constant as a result of the partial carbon substitution for boron. However, the transport data suggest that carbon diffusion is limited to the outer layer of the MgB2 grains in both cases.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 569)
• Pages: 3-6
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.569.3
• Online since: September 2012
• Authors: Viorel Sandu, Ivan Ion, Paul Litra-Cristian, Elena Sandu
• Keywords: Composite, Core Shell-Model, MgB₂, Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS), Superconductivity

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