Higher critical current density achieved in Bi-2223 High-Tc superconductors

Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3Ox (Bi-2223) were prepared using a solid state reaction method at different sintering times and temperatures. Structural phase identifications have been done using X-Ray analysis and refinement by Reitveld method which proves the coexistence of Bi-2223 and Bi-2212 phases. The critical transition temperature T-c and critical current density J(c) values were measured using superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer (SQUID) and by the magneto-optics technique. A remarkable rapid decrease to the diamagnetic signal in the magnetization versus temperature M(T) at 110 K and J(c) around 1.2 x 10(7) A/m(2) at 5 K are confirmed for the Bi-2223 compound. Copyright (C) 2016, The Egyptian Society of Radiation Sciences and Applications. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).