Method for the Production and Use of Semi-Finished Products on the Basis of Nickel, Having a Recrystallization Cube Texture

The invention relates to a method for producing and using a nickel-based semi-finished product embodied in the form of a strip or flat wire. The aim of the invention is to develop a method for producing a nickel-based semi-finished product which exhibits improved performance characteristics for the use in the form of a base for physical-chemical coatings provided with a high-quality intense microstructural orientation. The semi-finished product should have an improved granular structure provided with a stable cube texture. For this purpose, the inventive method consists in producing an initial semi-finished product by means of a fusion or powder metallurgy process including mechanical alloys, wherein the semi-finished product comprises a technically pure Ni or the alloy thereof containing an Ag additive in a microalloy range which is equal to or greater than 10 atom ppm and is equal to or less than 1000 atom ppm, in shaping the initial semi-finished product in the form of a strip or flat wire by hot- and cold forming processes with a thickness reduction >50% associated with an intermediate measuring. During the intermediate measuring, the semi-finished product is softened by annealing at a temperature ranging from 500 to 850° C., wherein the high temperatures are used for high Ag contents, and is subsequently quenched. Afterwards, the semi-finished product is exposed to the 80% cold shaping. The inventive method also consists in carrying out a recrystallization annealing treatment in such a way that the entire cubic texture is obtainable. The inventive semi-finished product is used in the form of a base for physical-chemical coatings provided with a high-quality intense microstructural orientation and for producing a high-temperature superconductor in the form of a flat wire or strip.