MICROWAVE JOINING OF YTTRIUM-BASED SUPERCONDUCTOR AND ITS MICROSTRUCTURE FEATURES

Authors
CAI J XIE XM ZHANG LW LI XT TIAN YL CHEN TG GUO JK
Citation
J. Cai et al., MICROWAVE JOINING OF YTTRIUM-BASED SUPERCONDUCTOR AND ITS MICROSTRUCTURE FEATURES, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 77(4), 1994, pp. 1090-1092
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science, Ceramics
Journal title
Journal of the American Ceramic Society → ACNP
ISSN journal
00027820
Volume
77
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1090 - 1092
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-7820(1994)77:4<1090:MJOYSA>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
A new method for joining superconductors by microwave heating has been developed. Bars of microwave-joined, Y-based ceramic superconductors show good mechanical integrity. After they are postannealed, the sampl es show superconducting transition at around 89.7 K. Meanwhile, the ba ckscattered electron images of the joined region after postannealing i n air at 960-degrees-C for 15 h show a higher density in the joined re gion, which has larger pores that may be caused by an accumulation of small pores during post-heat-treatment.