Handbook of Superconducting Materials, Volume 1

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David A. Cardwell, David S. Ginley
CRC Press, 2003 - 2174 pages
With the advent of High Temperature Superconductivity and the increasing reliability of fabrication techniques, superconductor technology has moved firmly into the mainstream of academic and industrial research. There is currently no single source of practical information giving guidance on which technique to use for any particular category of superconductor. An increasing number of materials scientists and electrical engineers require easy access to practical information, sensible advice and guidance on 'best-practice' and reliable, proven fabrication and characterisation techniques.The Handbook will be the definitive collection of material describing techniques for the fabrication and analysis of superconducting materials. In addition to the descriptions of techniques, authoritative discussions written by leading researchers will give guidance on the most appropriate technique for a particular situation.Characterisation and measurement techniques will form an important part of the Handbook, providing researchers with a standard reference for experimental techniques. The tutorial style description of these techniques makes the Handbook particularly suitable for use by graduate students.The Handbook will be supported by a comprehensive web site which will be updated with new data as it emerges.The Handbook has six main sections: -- Fundamentals of Superconductivity - characteristic properties, elementary theory, critical current of type II superconductors-- Processing - bulk materials, wires and tapes, thick and think films, contact techniques-- Characterisation Techniques - structure/microstructure, measurement and interpretation of electromagnetic properties,measurement of physics properties-- Materials - characteristic properties of low and high Tc materials-- Applications - high current applications, trapped flux devices, high frequency devices, josephson junction devic

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Contents

A1 3
23
3 Faultcurrent limiters 1625
41
A2 2
59
A2 3
66
A2 4
75
A2 5
99
A2 6
106
A3 1
143
melt processing for REBaCuO
331
melt process for BSCCO
345
Growth of superconducting single crystals
353
Growth of A15 type single crystals and polycrystals and their
391
Irradiation
407
Processing of wires and tapes
419
the compound Bi2212
449
the compound BiPb2223
479

A4 1
173
B1 Introduction to processing methods
209
Bulk materials
221
Introduction to bulk firing techniques
243
2 Sintering techniques for YBCO
251
3 Sintering techniques for BSCCO
259
4 Sintering techniques for other HTC compounds
267
5 Diffusion process for the synthesis of highT superconductors
273
1 Introduction to bulk melt processing techniques
283
melt processing of YBCO
303
the compound T11223
539
DC transport critical currents 1253
557
PART H APPENDICES 2007
723
GLOSSARY 2111
821
High temperature superconductors
891
C2 BSCCO
947
C3 TIBCCO
993
C4 HgBCCO
1029
C5 Magnesium diboride
1049
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