TY - JOUR
T1 - Mechanical and superconducting properties of Ag/YBCO composite superconductors reinforced by the addition of Zr
AU - Oka, Tetsuo
AU - Ogasawara, Fumihiko
AU - Itoh, Yoshitaka
AU - Suganuma, Motohiro
AU - Mizutani, Uichiro
PY - 1990/10
Y1 - 1990/10
N2 - The composite high TCsuperconductor Ag/YBCO reinforced by adding Zr has been synthesized by sintering a compressed mixture of ZrxYBa2Cu3O7-δ(0≤x≤1.0) and Ag powders at various ratios. The flexural strength in the Ag/ZYBCO reached its maximum value of 280 MPa at the composition x=0.8 and 33 vol.%Ag, being more than 5 times as large as that in the sintered YBCO. In addition, the presence of Ag can endow the plasticity while maintaining the superconducting transition temperature above about 80 K. Both the flexural strength and the Vickers hardness are enhanced in magnitude comparable to those for commercial alumina and magnesia. The enhanced mechanical strength is attributed to the unique microstructure, in which dispersed Ag particles remain intact with the Zr-bearing YBCO matrix, whereas CuO and BaZrO3precipitates in the 123-phase matrix act to reinforce the ceramic without disrupting the superconducting channel.
AB - The composite high TCsuperconductor Ag/YBCO reinforced by adding Zr has been synthesized by sintering a compressed mixture of ZrxYBa2Cu3O7-δ(0≤x≤1.0) and Ag powders at various ratios. The flexural strength in the Ag/ZYBCO reached its maximum value of 280 MPa at the composition x=0.8 and 33 vol.%Ag, being more than 5 times as large as that in the sintered YBCO. In addition, the presence of Ag can endow the plasticity while maintaining the superconducting transition temperature above about 80 K. Both the flexural strength and the Vickers hardness are enhanced in magnitude comparable to those for commercial alumina and magnesia. The enhanced mechanical strength is attributed to the unique microstructure, in which dispersed Ag particles remain intact with the Zr-bearing YBCO matrix, whereas CuO and BaZrO3precipitates in the 123-phase matrix act to reinforce the ceramic without disrupting the superconducting channel.
KW - Ag/ZYBCO
KW - Flexural strength
KW - Iomposite high Tsuperconductor
KW - Vickers hardness
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U2 - 10.1143/JJAP.29.1924
DO - 10.1143/JJAP.29.1924
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0041814010
SN - 0021-4922
VL - 29
SP - 1924
EP - 1931
JO - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
JF - Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers & Short Notes
IS - 10
ER -