Magnetic and transport measurements on melt-textured DyBCO single domains

In this communication we report critical current measurements of melt processed DyBa2Cu3O7-x samples determined by several measuring techniques. First the material was characterized by AC susceptibility and DC magnetization. The results are characteristic of good quality melt-processed (RE)BCO material with T-c = 89 K and Jc(77 K, 1 T) = 10^4 A/cm^2. Next, pulsed currents were used in order to determine both I-V curves and transport critical currents. The origin of the discrepancy between transport and magnetic data has been discussed. The results point out significant local variations of the critical current density throughout the single domain. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.