[en] Hall effect ; bismuth compounds ; calcium compounds ; ceramics ; diamagnetic materials ; high-temperature superconductors ; lead compounds ; magnetic flux ; magnetic shielding ; penetration depth (superconductivity) ; strontium compoundsAC magnetic shielding properties ; Bi-2223 cylinder ; Bi2-xPbxSr2Ca2Cu3O10 ; DC magnetic shielding properties ; Hall probe measurements ; applied magnetic field ; bulk high-temperature superconducting tubes ; critical state model ; diamagnetic properties ; frequency 5 mHz to 0.1 Hz ; high-temperature superconducting ceramics ; magnetic flux penetration ; phase shift ; sensing coil ; temperature 77 K
[en] We have studied numerically and experimentally the magnetic flux penetration in high-Tc superconducting tube subjected to a uniform magnetic field parallel to its long axis. This study is carried in view of designing low-frequency magnetic shields by exploiting the diamagnetic properties of high-Tc superconducting ceramics. We have measured the field attenuation for applied magnetic fields in the frequency range 5 mHz-0.1 Hz by Hall probe measurements and at audio frequencies using a sensing coil. A simple 1D analysis using the Kim critical state model was found to be able to reproduce the experimental data satisfactorily. We have also determined the phase shift between the internal and the applied field both experimentally and numerically. Finally, we have studied the sweep rate dependence of the magnetic shielding properties, using data recorded either at several constant sweep rates dB/dt or at several AC fields of various amplitudes and frequencies. Both methods agree with each other and lead to a n -value of the E ~ J n law equal to ~ 40 at 77 K.
Services Universitaires Pour la Recherche et les Applications Technologiques de Matériaux Électro-Céramiques, Composites, Supraconducteurs - SUPRATECS
Royal Military Academy of Belgium ; Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (Communauté française de Belgique) - F.R.S.-FNRS