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Progress in the development of the silver-addition process for preparing textured ``1223`` Tl-Ca-Ba-Cu-oxide thick films

Conference ·
OSTI ID:10154669
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  1. General Electric Corp., Schenectady, NY (United States). Research and Development Center
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Progress in key areas is reported for the continued development of the silver-addition process for preparing textured ``1223`` Tl-Ca-Ba-Cu-oxide thick films; film homogeneity, film growth mechanism, scale-up, and flexible substrates. As a consequence of refinements in the precursor oxide film preparation and the development of a ``flow`` reactor, superconducting films on polycrystalline YSZ have been prepared that exhibit zero-field J{sub c} values (77K) as high,as 366,000 A/cm{sup 2}. Advantage has been taken of these process improvements to prepare a textured ``1223`` thick film with {Tc}=109K on a zirconia coated metal substrate. When placed in a magnetic field there is an initial drop in J{sub c}, attributed to the presence of weak links. However, after this initial drop, the film exhibits the characteristic behavior expected of strongly linked ``1223.`` The film growth mechanism underlying the silver-addition process is discussed in light of the results-of microstructural studies of samples quenched at different times into the thallination process.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
10154669
Report Number(s):
CONF-931009--26; ON: DE94012333
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English