Method of Producing High Temperature Superconductor Wires.

Abstract

This patent application discloses a process for producing a superconductor wire by: (a) coating the inner surface of a steel tube with a thin layer of silver metal; (b) packing the tube with high temperature superconductor ceramic (HTSC) powder; (c) sealing the tube; (d) cold working the tube to reduce its diameter; and (e) etching or dissolving away the steel tube to leave a superconductor wire comprising the silver metal coating that was on the inner surface of the steel tube as a thin silver metal sheath which encapsulates the HTSC powder. The superconductor wire can be further treated by sintering or oxygenating the HTSC powder.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 20, 1992
Accession Number
ADD015514

Entities

People

  • Amarnath P. Divecha
  • James Kerr
  • William A. Ferrando

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Coatings
  • Cold Working
  • Diameters
  • Dissolving
  • Fabrication
  • High Temperature
  • High Temperature Superconductors
  • Material Forming Processes
  • Materials Processing
  • Mechanical Working
  • Metal Coatings
  • Patent Applications
  • Patents
  • Sintering
  • Superconductors

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Surface Coatings Technology.