Processing of dense MgO substrates for high-temperature superconductors
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S. Köbel
Abstract
Sintering of magnesium oxide ceramics to high density requires high temperatures (1500–1800 °C), resulting in coarse-grained microstructures, or additives that promote sintering. An alternative is to use a fine-grained MgO starting powder with an impurity level < 1 % that allows appropriate processing conditions. Here, we report about processing by slip casting, resulting in ceramic green bodies that can be sintered to closed porosity at 1600 °C. X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy combined with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy showed that the sintered bodies are single-phase. The process described here is suitable to sinter large substrates up to 200 mm × 200 mm and 96 % of the theoretical density with closed porosity. The MgO substrates are suitable for partial melt processing of high-quality Bi-2212 thick films.
Funding statement: The authors gratefully acknowledge financial support by the Swiss Priority Program in Materials Research (PPM).
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- Frontmatter
- Editorial
- Editorial
- Articles/Aufsätze
- The role of oxidation-induced cavities on the failure of the thermally grown oxide on binary β-NiAl alloys
- Phase stability of Y + Gd co-doped zirconia
- Mechanisms governing the distortion of alumina-forming alloys upon cyclic oxidation
- High-temperature oxidation of FeCrAl alloys: the effect of Mg incorporation into the alumina scale
- Nonlinear dielectric properties at oxide grain boundaries
- TEM observations of singular grain boundaries and their roughening transition in TiO2-excess BaTiO3
- Processing of dense MgO substrates for high-temperature superconductors
- Microwave-induced crystallization of polysilazane-derived silicon carbonitride
- Schottky barrier formation in liquid-phase-sintered silicon carbide
- SrTiO3: a model electroceramic
- Optical properties and electronic structure of oxidized and reduced single-crystal strontium titanate
- Spreading of liquid Ag and Ag–Mo alloys on molybdenum substrates
- Nanoalloying in mixed AgmAun nanowires
- Never ending saga of a simple boundary
- Comparison of interfacial chemistry at Cu/α-alumina and Cu/γ-alumina interfaces
- Microstructure of Cu2O/Si interfaces, made by epitaxial electrodeposition
- Metal/oxide interfaces and their reaction with hydrogen
- Amorphous films at metal/ceramic interfaces
- Some thoughts on source monochromation and the implications for electron energy loss spectroscopy
- Determination of the contrast transfer function by analysing diffractograms of thin amorphous foils
- Progress in the preparation of cross-sectional TEM specimens by ion-beam thinning
- Quantification of interfacial segregation by analytical electron microscopy
- Quantification of elemental segregation to lath and grain boundaries in low-alloy steel by STEM X-ray mapping combined with the ζ-factor method
- Microstructure of Al/Ti metallization layers
- Connectivity of CSL grain boundaries and the role of deviations from exact coincidence
- Effect of laser shock processing on the microstructure and mechanical properties of pure Cu
- Growth and microstructure of iron nitride layers and pore formation in ε-Fe3N
- Phase diagram of the Al–Cu–Fe quasicrystal-forming alloy system
- Notifications/Mitteilungen
- Personal/Personelles
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