Annealing and mechanical properties of bulk Y-Ba-Cu-O

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 9, Issue 2 PART 2, 1999, Pages 2081-2084

  Goretta, K C ^a   Diko, P ^a   Jiang, Ming ^a   Cuber, M M ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTAL GROWTH FROM MELT; CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HARDNESS; MICROCRACKS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SINTERING;

COOLING RATES; POLYCRYSTALLINE SINTERED PELLETS; SINGLE DOMAIN MELT PROCESSED PELLETS;

YTTRIUM BARIUM COPPER OXIDES;

EID: 0032655622     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/77.784876     Document Type: Article

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