The microstructure of these samples was studied by field emission scanning electron microscope (
FE-SEM, JEOL) as well as transmission electron microscope (TEM JEOL/
JEM-2100). Superconducting critical temperature (
Tc) and magnetization hysteresis loops (
M-
H) were measured using
SQUID Magnetometer (Quantum Design, model MPMS5). Specimens for SQUID measurements, with approximate dimensions of 1 × 1x0.75 mm
3, were cut from bulk MgB
2 and (Gd,Y,Er)123 samples.
Jc was calculated from the
M-
H loops using the extended bean critical state model formula for finite rectangular samples [19 (
link)],
where
a and
b are cross-sectional dimensions,
b >
a, and c is thickness of the specimen (
a,
b,
c in mm). Δ
m (in emu units, 1 emu = 10
–3 Am
2) is the difference of magnetic moments during descending and ascending field in the
M-
H loop.
The trapped field (TF) for the (Gd,Y,Er)123 bulks was measured by field cooling method at 77.3 K under a field of 1 T. The Hall probe was placed at positions 0.3 (surface touched) and 1.3 mm above the top surface for scanning the TF value.
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