Fabrication and microstructure characteristic of YBCO bulk by directional top-seeded power melting process

Xiaoyong Ma, Jinshan Li, Rui Hu, Hongchao Kou, Haitao Cao, Lian Zhou

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Abstract

Top-seeded power melting process (TSPMP) is an effective melting processing technique for the preparation of high Jc bulk YBCO. The directional solidification is also a quite common technique used to produce well-oriented cylinder grains. The two processes were combined (named Directional Top-seeded power melting process DTSPMP) to fabricate good YBCO bulk with well-oriented domains. The seed transferring effect and the change of the solute concentration in liquid were analyzed. The effects of temperature gradient (TG) on the orientation and continuous growth of large grains were also investigated. As a consequence of studying the microstructure dependence on pulling rate through canning electric microscopy(SEM), it was found that the large domains can be obtained and the fine 211 particles were entrapped at a slower pulling rate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1893-1897
Number of pages5
JournalXiyou Jinshu Cailiao Yu Gongcheng/Rare Metal Materials and Engineering
Volume37
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2008

Keywords

  • DTSPMP
  • Pulling rate
  • Seed transferring effect
  • YBCO bulk

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