Engineered flux-pinning centers in BSCCO TBCCO and YBCO superconductors

Title: Engineered flux-pinning centers in BSCCO TBCCO and YBCO superconductors

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A method of preparing a high temperature superconductor. A method of preparing a superconductor includes providing a powdered high temperature superconductor and a nanophase material. These components are combined to form a solid compacted mass with the material disposed in the polycrystalline high temperature superconductor. This combined mixture is rapidly heated, forming a dispersion of nanophase size particles without a eutectic reaction. These nanophase particles can have a flat plate or columnar type morphology.

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Goretta, Kenneth C ^[1]; Lanagan, Michael T ^[2]; Miller, Dean J ^[3]; Sengupta, Suvankar ^[4]; Parker, John C ^[5]; Hu, Jieguang ^[2]; Balachandran, Uthamalingam ^[6]; Siegel, Richard W ^[6]; Shi, Donglu ^[7]

Downers Grove, IL
Woodridge, IL
Darien, IL
Upper Arlington, OH
Naperville, IL
Hinsdale, IL
Oak Park, IL

Issue Date:: 1999-01-01

Research Org.:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL

OSTI Identifier:: 872408

Patent Number(s):: 5929001

Assignee:: University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

DOE Contract Number:: W-31109-ENG-38

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: engineered; flux-pinning; centers; bscco; tbcco; ybco; superconductors; method; preparing; temperature; superconductor; providing; powdered; nanophase; material; components; combined; form; solid; compacted; mass; disposed; polycrystalline; mixture; rapidly; heated; forming; dispersion; size; particles; eutectic; reaction; flat; plate; columnar; type; morphology; size particles; pinning centers; flat plate; temperature superconductor; material disposed; phase material; size particle; rapidly heated; combined mixture; compacted mass; nanophase material; solid compact; ybco superconductor; ybco superconductors; /505/75/423/

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                    Goretta, Kenneth C, Lanagan, Michael T, Miller, Dean J, Sengupta, Suvankar, Parker, John C, Hu, Jieguang, Balachandran, Uthamalingam, Siegel, Richard W, and Shi, Donglu. Engineered flux-pinning centers in BSCCO TBCCO and YBCO superconductors.  United States: N. p., 1999. 
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                    Goretta, Kenneth C, Lanagan, Michael T, Miller, Dean J, Sengupta, Suvankar, Parker, John C, Hu, Jieguang, Balachandran, Uthamalingam, Siegel, Richard W, & Shi, Donglu. Engineered flux-pinning centers in BSCCO TBCCO and YBCO superconductors.  United States.

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                    Goretta, Kenneth C, Lanagan, Michael T, Miller, Dean J, Sengupta, Suvankar, Parker, John C, Hu, Jieguang, Balachandran, Uthamalingam, Siegel, Richard W, and Shi, Donglu. Fri .  
        "Engineered flux-pinning centers in BSCCO TBCCO and YBCO superconductors".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/872408.

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  title        = {Engineered flux-pinning centers in BSCCO TBCCO and YBCO superconductors},

  author       = {Goretta, Kenneth C and Lanagan, Michael T and Miller, Dean J and Sengupta, Suvankar and Parker, John C and Hu, Jieguang and Balachandran, Uthamalingam and Siegel, Richard W and Shi, Donglu},

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