High-Tc Superconductors for Magnet and Energy Technology: Fundamental Aspects / Edition 1

by Beate Lehndorff

Overview

Since the discovery of high temperature superconductors the scientific com nmnity has been very active in research on material and system development as well as on the basic understanding of the mechanism of superconductiv ity at high transition temperatures. Industrial groups joined in very soon as with these new materials the prospects for commercial application of super conductivity seemed to be more promising than ever. Materials processing was divided into film deposition and bulk preparation techniques, the latter including conductor fabrication and melt growth of monolithic samples as well. Because of the high impact of possible applications in energy technol ogy, wire and tape fabrication of the BSCCO superconductors is one of the most important fields, in addition to thin film technology for mobile comuni cation. Only since processes like IBAD and RABiTS TM were invented have film deposition techniques also become important for energy technology. In order to produce suitable conductors with material properties which meet the challenge imposed by energy technology, detailed understanding of the phase formation and physical properties of the high temperature super conductors is necessary. The goal of this book is on one hand to provide the basic information on phase formation and physical properties, and to give a short overview of the state of the art in conductor preparation and character ization. On the other hand it contains the author's own results in the field of preparation and characterization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642074493
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/06/2010
Series:	Springer Tracts in Modern Physics , #171
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2001
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

High-Tc Superconductors: Limitations and Applications.- Fundamentals of Material Processing.- Physical Properties of High-Tc Superconductors.- Conductor Preparation and Phase Evolution.- Characterization of Conductors and Bulk HTSCs.- Preparation of BSCCO Conductors.- Overpressure Processing of Bi-2212 Conductors.- Processing of Bi-2223/Ag Tapes at Reduced Final Temperature.- Preliminary Results on YBCO-Coated Conductors.- Magnetotransport and Vortex Dynamics.- Superconducting Magnetic Levitation.- Remanent Flux Distribution and Critical Current Density.- Concluding Remarks.