A two-step spray/press process for the fabrication of Hg-1223 tape on
a flexible Ni-substrate coated with Cr/(Ag,Pd) has been developed by u
sing the mechanically aligned c-axis oriented Hg-1212 micrograins as t
he nucleation sites for the large c-axis oriented Hg-1223 grain growth
The self-field J(c) of Hg-1223 tapes so reproducibly obtained is 7x10
(4) A/cm(2) at 77 K.