MgB
2 is expected to operate in helium-free condition to replace the practical metal superconducting wires in liquid helium condition. But the critical current properties for MgB
2 wires are lower for large-scale applications at present. Internal Mg diffusion (IMD) method is promising to fabricate high performance MgB
2 wires. Recently, we fabricated high
Jc thin MgB
2 wires by applying IMD method and using 4%C-coated high quality B powder. During the heat treatment most of the B layer was reacted with Mg to form MgB
2. Highest
Jc of 1100 A/mm
2 and 760 A/mm
2 were obtained at (4.2 K, 10 T) and (20 K, 5 T), respectively for the wire fabricated with the C-coated B powder. Engineering
Jc(
Je) was higher than 100 A/mm
2 at 4.2 K and 10 T. These values of
Jc and
Je are higher than those of well-known SiC-added wire. SiC addition brings about Mg
2Si precipitates which act as barriers of superconducting currents and decrease
Jc, while the wire fabricated with C-coated B powder contains no such precipitates. Among many iron arsenide superconductors, K-doped BaFe
2As
2(Ba-122) and SrFe
2As
2(Sr-122) are the most interesting superconductors for high field magnet applications due to their high
Bc2 of over 50 T and relatively small anisotropy. We fabricated Ba(Sr)-122 tapes by applying
ex situ powder-in-tube(PIT) technique. We found that the uniaxial pressing brings about a dramatic improvement of transport
Jc for
ex situ PIT processed Ba(Sr)-122 tape when it is properly combined with flat rolling and heat treatment. The pressure was changed between 0.4 GPa to 4 GPa. The increase of uniaxial pressing from 0.4 GPa to 4 GPa significantly enhanced
Jc values from 210 A/mm
2 to 860 A/mm
2 at 4.2 K and 10 T. Microstructure analysis with SEM indicates that the packing density of Ba-122 core pressed under 4 GPa is higher than that of the tape pressed under 0.4 GPa. This suggests that the packing density is one of the most important parameters that influence
Jc of
ex situ PIT processed Ba-122 superconducting tapes.
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