AG COATED SIC YBCO COMPOSITE PREPARED BY THE PLASMA ACTIVATED SINTERING METHOD/

YBCO/Ag coated SiC composites containing 0.5, 1.0 and 3.0 wt% whisker were prepared by the conventional plasma activated sintering method(PA S) at (973)-1,103 K. SiC whisker was covered with Ag thin film by elec troless coating method to suppress interfacial reaction between superc onductor and SiC whisker. It was shown that superconducting transition occured at 90K in the specimen with 3 wt% of Ag coated SiC whisker.