F. Pavese et al., LOW-CRITICAL-CURRENT APPLICATIONS OF HIGH-T-C SUPERCONDUCTORS, Nuovo cimento della Societa italiana di fisica. D, Condensed matter,atomic, molecular and chemical physics, biophysics, 19(8-9), 1997, pp. 1489-1494
The short-term large-scale applications of high-T-c superconductors ar
e not limited only to the high critical-current ones (electrotechnical
, levitation). Several low-critical-current applications are possible.
Some, which already have industrial potential, are reviewed in this p
aper: magnetic shielding, thermal shielding and magnet current leads,
all making use of extended thick (> 50 mu m) films. The state-of-the-a
rt of the results is briefly summarized.