Abstract
The critical current density and trapped field of large grain RE123 bulk superconductors have drastically increased in the last few years. High-quality bulk superconducting magnets can trap a very high magnetic field of 3T at 77K and above 15T at 20K. The recent progress in bulk superconducting materials has led to many applications such as superconducting flywheel systems, current leads, superconducting motors, magnetic separation systems, magnetron sputtering machines. In this paper, we review recent research and development of the processing, critical current density, trapped field and mechanical properties of melt-textured bulk superconducting materials.
