文摘
Enhancement of Jc performance of Bi(Pb)2223 bulks was attempted by sintering under controlled over pressures (CT-OP) and c-axis grain orientation. Relative density of bulks increased up to 93 % with an increase of total gas pressure during the sintering. In addition, improvement of grain coupling by CT-OP sintering was indicated from normal state resistivity. Reflecting these facts, the bulks sintered by the CT-OP method showed higher Jc than the bulks sintered under ambient pressure. On the other hand, magnetic grain alignment technique was adopted to achieve c-axis grain orientation. The c-axis oriented bulks showed higher Jc than randomly oriented bulks. The observed Jc of 2.3 x 104 Acm-2 (20 K, 1 kOe) was very high value as for Bi(Pb)2223 sintered bulks.