We have measured the isothermal magnetization loops of top-seeded melt processed
(Sm0.5Eu0.5)Ba2Cu3O7−δ+10 mol% (SmEu)BaCuO5+10 wt%
Ag crystals in a magnetic field up to 8 T parallel to the
c-axis from 50 to 87 K using a vibrating sample magnetometer. All of the isothermal
Jc(H)
curves show a second peak. The scaling of the
Fp–H curves indicates that
the flux pinning force Fp
comes from the collective pinning of two kinds of pinning centres,
Fp = FpH+FpL. One
(FpH) is the
ΔTc-type
pinning centre originating from the RE–Ba and RE–RE substitution responsible for the second peak; the
other (FpL) is the normal pinning contributed by the surface and point pins. The
Hc2–T
diagram implies two critical temperatures. The crossover occurs at about 88.2 K.
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