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Repetitive temperature cycles may cause the damage in the superconducting bulk, and thus the effect of repetitive temperature change was studied. A Bi-2223/Ag wires composite bulk was prepared by stacking the calcined powder and pure Ag wires alternately followed by sintering. The specimen was exposed to the repetition of temperature changes between 77 and 300 K up to 400 times. Homogeneous external...