Reactive sintering and retrograde densification of bulk bismuth-based superconductors

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2365-2368

  Thayer, Ryan L ^a   Schmidt, Sarah R ^c   Dorris, Stephen E ^c   Bullard, Jeffrey W ^b   Lanagan, Michael T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; DENSIFICATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MELTING; POWDERS; SINTERING; THERMOANALYSIS;

POWDER COMPACTS;

OXIDE SUPERCONDUCTORS;

EID: 0034299291     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01562.x     Document Type: Article

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