FEASIBILITY OF MANUFACTURING LARGE DOMAIN YBCO LEVITATORS(TM) BY USING MELT PROCESSING TECHNIQUES

Authors
SENGUPTA S CORPUS J AGARWAL M GAINES JR
Citation
S. Sengupta et al., FEASIBILITY OF MANUFACTURING LARGE DOMAIN YBCO LEVITATORS(TM) BY USING MELT PROCESSING TECHNIQUES, Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology, 53(1-2), 1998, pp. 62-65
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Materials science & engineering. B, Solid-state materials for advanced technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09215107
Volume
53
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
62 - 65
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-5107(1998)53:1-2<62:FOMLDY>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The fabrication of large domain Levitators(TM) by using Nd1+xBa2-xCu3O y single crystals as seeds for frictionless superconductor-magnet bear ings has been reported earlier. In order to demonstrate the feasibilit y of large scale manufacturing of YBCO Levitators(TM), batch sizes of approximate to 90 samples were fabricated in a furnace. A distribution in levitation forces of the Levitators(TM) was observed. Possible fac tors responsible for this distribution and the feasibility of scale up are discussed in this paper. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science S.A. All right s reserved.