Cube textured substrates for YBCO coated conductors: Influence of initial grain size and strain conditions during tape rolling

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 3436-3439

  Vannozzi, A ^a   Augieri, A ^a   Celentano, G ^a   Ciontea, L ^b   Fabbri, F ^a   Galluzzi, V ^a   Gambardella, U ^c   Mancini, A ^a   Petrisor, T ^b   Rufoloni, A ^a  

^a ENEA   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA   (Romania)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DI FRASCATI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cube texture; Grain size adjustment; Ni W substrates

Indexed keywords

COATING TECHNIQUES; CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETISM; NICKEL ALLOYS;

CUBE TEXTURE; GRAIN SIZE ADJUSTMENT; NI-W SUBSTRATES; TAPE ROLLING;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS;

EID: 34547446140     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.899669     Document Type: Conference Paper

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