IMPROVED METHOD OF FORMING SUPERCONDUCTING COMPOSITE ARTICLE

A novel process of the production and processing of high quality, high Tc BSCCO or (Bi, Pb)SCCO superconductors starts with fabrication of a forming of a bundle including a plurality of billets, each billet containing at least one filament comprising a dominant amount of a tetragonal BSCCO phase wit...

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Hauptverfasser: TEPLITSKY, MARK, D, LI, QI, PODTBURG, ERIC, R, ROSATI, WILLIAM, J, RILEY, GILBERT, N., JR, RUPICH, MARTIN, W, MASUR, LAWRENCE, J, PARKER, DONALD, R, PARRELLA, RONALD, D, CARTER, WILLIAM, L
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Zusammenfassung:A novel process of the production and processing of high quality, high Tc BSCCO or (Bi, Pb)SCCO superconductors starts with fabrication of a forming of a bundle including a plurality of billets, each billet containing at least one filament comprising a dominant amount of a tetragonal BSCCO phase with selected intermediate phases, and substantially surrounded by a constraining metal. The bundle is thermomechanically consolidated to form a multifilamentary precursor article by applying pressure and heat to the bundle under conditions cooperatively selected to cause interdiffusion of said constraining metal at the interfaces between said metal and said filaments and substantially complete elimination of voids in said bundle, and the consolidation step is completed before any high strain longitudinal deformation is performed on the bundle. The precursor article is then heated at a second selected processing temperature in an inert atmosphere with a second selected oxygen partial pressure for a second selected time period, the second processing temperature, the second time period and the second oxygen partial pressure being cooperatively selected to form a dominant amount of an orthorhombic BSCCO phase in the reacted mixture. It may then be deformed to form an elongated precursor article of a desired texture; and thereafter heated at a third selected processing temperature in an inert atmosphere with a third selected oxygen partial pressure for a third selected time period, all cooperatively selected to convert at least a portion of the orthorhombic BSCCO phase to the final superconducting BSCCO material. Cette invention se rapporte à un nouveau procédé de production et de traitement de supraconducteurs BSCCO ou (Bi,Pb)SCCO haute qualité à température Tc élevée. Ce procédé commence avec la fabrication d'une barre contenant plusieurs billettes, renfermant chacune au moins un filament comprenant une quantité dominante d'une phase BSCCO tétragonale avec des phases intermédiaires sélectionnées et entourés essentiellement par un métal contraignant. La barre est consolidée par voie thermomécanique pour former un article précurseur multifilament par application de pression et de chaleur à la barre dans des conditions choisies de façon coordonnée pour entraîner l'interdiffusion du métal contraignant aux interfaces entre le métal et les filaments et pour produire une élimination pour ainsi dire complète des vides dans la barre, la phase de consolidation étant menée à te