Melting of Ag-YBa2Cu3O7 interfaces:: the path to large area high critical current welds

被引：10
作者：
Iliescu, S
Carrillo, AE
Bartolomé, E
Granados, X
Bozzo, B
Puig, T
Obradors, X
García, I
Walter, H
机构：
[1] CSIC, Inst Ciencia Mat Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain
[2] SUPRAS, Liege, Belgium
[3] Nexans Supercond, D-50351 Hurth, Germany
来源：
SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | 2005年 / 18卷 / 02期
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D O I：
10.1088/0953-2048/18/2/034
中图分类号：
O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要：
The interface melting process of melt-textured YBa2Cu3O7 induced by Ag foils has been investigated in view of developing a large area welding technology. The influence of the processing methodology and the initial microstructure of the melt-textured ceramics has been considered. High temperature quench experiments have shown that the interface molten region can become inhomogeneous due to microstructural features of the initial ceramics such as the pre-existing cracks. It is found that while thick A-g foils (approximate to 50 mu m) can lead to severe liquid Ag migration, the artificial welds performed with thinner foils (approximate to 25 mu m) in non-oxygenated melt textured YBa2Cu3O7 samples free of cracks are of high quality in large areas. High critical currents through welded interfaces have been demonstrated by means of Hall probe magnetic imaging and Biot-Savart inversion calculations.
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页码：S168 / S172
页数：5
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