Process and apparatus for preparing textured crystalline materials using anisotropy in the paramagnetic susceptibility

Patent · Tue Jan 07 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7284357

Holloway, A

The present invention discloses a process and apparatus for forming textures in materials. The process comprises heating a material having an anisotropy in the paramagnetic or diamagnetic susceptibility within a magnetic field. The material is heated to a temperature approaching its melting point while a magnetic field of at least 10[sup 4]Oe is simultaneously applied. The process and apparatus produce highly textured bulk and elongated materials with high current densities below critical superconducting temperatures. 6 figs.

• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-82
• Assignee: PTO; EDB-94-081552
• Patent Number(s): US 5079225; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 7-492746
• OSTI ID: 7284357
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 12 Mar 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
MATERIALS
FABRICATION
TEXTURE
CURRENT DENSITY
MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY
SUPERCONDUCTORS
TRANSITION TEMPERATURE
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
360101* - Metals & Alloys- Preparation & Fabrication
360201 - Ceramics
Cermets
& Refractories- Preparation & Fabrication
360601 - Other Materials- Preparation & Manufacture
360102 - Metals & Alloys- Structure & Phase Studies
360202 - Ceramics
Cermets
& Refractories- Structure & Phase Studies
360602 - Other Materials- Structure & Phase Studies