The Tm Ba-Cu-O solder can be successfully used to produce a superconductive
joint between melt-textured YBa2CU3O7-delta (MT-YBCO) parts. The peculiari
ties of solidification, phase formation, structure transformations and elec
tromagnetic properties of MT-YBCO soldered with TmBa2Cu3O7-delta are discus
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