Microstructure of Nd-Ba-Cu-O superconductors prepared by the oxygen-controlled-melt-growth method

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications

Volumn 276, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 185-196

  Diko, P ^a,b,c   Kojo, H ^b   Murakami, M ^a,b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SUPERCONDUCTIVITY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Bulk HTSC; Microcracking; Microscopy; Subgrains; Thermal microstresses; Twins

Indexed keywords

CRACK INITIATION; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN GROWTH; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMAL STRESS; TWINNING;

MICROCRACKING; SUBGRAINS;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0031098854     PISSN: 09214534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-4534(96)00710-1     Document Type: Article

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