Environmental degradation properties of YBa2Cu3O7-δ and Y0.6Ca0.4Ba1.6La0.4Cu 3O7-δ thin film structures

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 273, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 223-232

  Zhou, Ji Ping ^a   Lo, Rung Kuang ^a   Savoy, Steven M ^a   Arendt, Mark ^a   Armstrong, Jeff ^a   Yang, Du Yu ^a   Talvacchio, John ^b   McDevitt, John T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Environmental degradation; High Tc thin film; Superconductor lifetime measurement; Surface characterization

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CORROSION; CORROSION RESISTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS; STABILITY; SURFACES; YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS;

CATION SUBSTITUTED PHASE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION PROPERTIES; OXYGEN STABILITY; PROCESSABILITY; SUPERCONDUCTOR LIFETIME MEASUREMENT; YTTRIUM BARIUM CUPRATE; YTTRIUM CALCIUM BARIUM LANTHANUM CUPRATE;

SUPERCONDUCTING FILMS;

EID: 0030734874     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(96)00631-4     Document Type: Article

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