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Effect of Sn-doping on the Superconducting Properties of HoBa2Cu3O y , Obtained by the MTG Method

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Samples with nominal compositions HoBa2Cu3O y and (Ho0.97Sn0.03)Ba2Cu3O y are obtained by the melt-texture-growth (MTG) method and their superconducting properties are investigated. It is shown that the Sn-doping increases the irreversibility field and the upper critical field of the pristine compound. Both the undoped and Sn-doped samples undergo a vortex glass-vortex liquid transition. The observed phenomena are discussed.

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  1. Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1784, Sofia, Bulgaria

    N. Balchev, E. Nazarova & K. Buchkov

  2. Institut fur Festkorper- und Werkstofforschung, 01171, Dresden, Germany

    K. Nenkov

  3. International Laboratory of High Magnetic Fields and Low Temperatures, 53-421, Wroclaw, Poland

    K. Nenkov

  4. Central Laboratory of Photoprocesses, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    J. Pirov

  5. Institute of Catalysis, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    B. Kunev

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Balchev, N., Nazarova, E., Buchkov, K. et al. Effect of Sn-doping on the Superconducting Properties of HoBa2Cu3O y , Obtained by the MTG Method. J Supercond Nov Magn 27, 763–769 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-013-2378-y

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