Trapped field of YBCO bulk superconductors prepared by infiltration growth process

Single grain Y₁Ba₂Cu₃O_{7-x} (YBCO) bulk superconductors were prepared from different starting precursors. In the first case, Y₂Ba₁Cu₁O₅ (Y211) powder as the solid phase and the liquid phase of mixture of YBa₂Cu₃O_{7-x}+BaCuO₂+CuO powders were used. In the second case, the solid phase was prepared from the mixture of Y₂O₃+BaCuO₂ instead of the conventionally used Y211, and as the liquid phase a mixture of Y₂O₃+BaCuO₂+CuO powders was used. The trapped field measurements at 77 K were performed and microstructure of samples was studied by polarized light microscopy. The positive influence of Y₂O₃+BaCuO₂ starting precursor on the oxygenation, Y211 particle refinement and measured trapped field is shown.