GROWTH OF LARGE-DOMAIN YBA2CU3OX WITH NEW SEEDING CRYSTALS OF CANDALO4 AND SRLAGAO4

被引:49
作者
SHI, DL
LAHIRI, K
HULL, JR
LEBLANC, D
LEBLANC, MAR
DABKOWSKI, A
CHANG, Y
JIANG, Y
ZHANG, Z
FAN, H
机构
[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB,DIV ENERGY TECHNOL,ARGONNE,IL 60439
[2] UNIV OTTAWA,DEPT PHYS,OTTAWA,ON K1N 6N5,CANADA
[3] MCMASTER UNIV,INST MAT RES,HAMILTON,ON L8S 4M1,CANADA
[4] CHINESE ACAD SCI,INST PHYS,BEIJING 100083,PEOPLES R CHINA
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PHYSICA C | 1995年 / 246卷 / 3-4期
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10.1016/0921-4534(95)00174-3
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O59 [应用物理学];
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摘要
Single crystals of CaNdAlO4 and SrLaGaO4 were used as seeds to grow large domains of YBa2Cu3Ox for levitation applications. These crystals have high melting temperatures (> 1500 degrees C) and similar lattice structures to that of YBa2Cu3Ox. In a seeded melt-texturing method developed previously, the single crystals of CaNdAlO4, SrLaGaO4, and NdBa2Cu3Ox were used as seeds for comparison. After melt processing, scanning electron microscopy analysis did not reveal any major differences in all these seeded melt-textured samples. However, the levitation forces in the samples seeded with single crystals of CaNdAlO4 and SrLaGaO4 increased considerably compared to that of the sample seeded with NdBa2Cu3Ox. A model is proposed to describe the domain growth mechanism during seeded melt processing.
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