Thermal spray has enjoyed unprecedented growth and has emerged as an innovative and
multifaceted deposition technology. Thermal spray coatings are crucial to the enhanced …

A process for the fabrication of high-quality and near-net-shaped superconducting
specimens of (Y-123) with uniformly distributed fine (Y-211) is discussed. The process …

Plasma spray processing is a droplet deposition method that combines the steps of melting,
rapid solidification, and consolidation into a single step. The versatility of the technology …

The misorientations of over 200 pairs of adjacent grains separated by grain boundaries in
textured YBa2Cu3O7− δ were measured using a transmission electron microscopy …

A new version of the YBa2Cu3O7− x (the 123 oxide) melt-growth (MG) process, which is
carried out under greatly reduced oxygen pressures (in partial vacuum) at temperatures not …

Critical current density (J c) in the presence of a magnetic field is the property that currently
limits many applications of the high-critical-temperature oxide superconductors. Poor current …

Thick films of Bi-2212 and Tl-2212 superconductor were electrophoretically deposited onto
Consil substrates. Tl series starting powder containing BaCuO 2 impurity phase resulted in …

Functionally gradient composite foils of Y–Ba–Cu–O and silver with a layer thickness of
around 100 μm and certain flexibility, were produced by air plasma spraying. The …

Materials scientists have struggled for a while to find a process which can be used to
engineer individual grain boundaries separating two adjacent grains. Considerable effort …

Plasma spray applications have been mostly directed to disciplines such as chemical,
mechanical and metallurgical engineering. However, quite recently the plasma spray …