Aligned Bismuth, Strontium, Calcium Cuprate Coatings on Polycrystalline Substrates.

Abstract

The present invention relates in general to a process for forming thick film superconducting coatings on a polycrystalline substrate and, more particularly, to a process for forming a thick film of BiaSrbCacCudOx(BSCCO) on a polycrystalline substrate. A process is provided for forming an oriented thick film superconducting coating on a polycrystalline substrate, the coating comprising at least two highly oriented components. The process is a powdered mixture prepared from Bi2O3, SrCO3, CaCO3, and CuO onto a polycrystalline substrate; rapidly heating the resultant coated substrate to a temperature of from about 1000-1100 C for a period of from about 5-30 minutes, thereby melting the powder and forming a thick film coating; rapidly quenching the coated substrate to below 500 C, which is below the temperature at which phase transition occurs. Patent applications. (jes)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 21, 1990
Accession Number
ADD014522

Entities

People

  • J. R. Spann
  • Lajos Tóth

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coatings
  • Films
  • Inventions
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Phase Transformations
  • Polycrystals
  • Quenching
  • Strontium
  • Substrates
  • Thick Films
  • Transition Temperature
  • Transitions

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Superconducting Magnet Technology
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.