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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7608565 | Method of manufacturing doped superconducting materials The invention provides a method of manufacturing a doped i X—Ba—Cu—O material, the method comprising the steps of: a) mixing an X—Ba—L—O or X—Ba—Cu—L—O material with an X—1 Ba—Cu—O material; and b) crystallising the mixture; 1 wherein each ... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7220706 | Enhanced melt-textured growth A method for the enhanced melt-textured growth of superconducting crystals is disclosed for a sample having a first material capable of exhibiting superconducting properties. The sample is heated above a peritectic temperature of the first material, cooled below the... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7033070 | Method and apparatus for measuring temperature Temperature of molten silicon 1 in an infrared image furnace 2 including a halogen lamp 8 as a heating source to grow a single crystal of silicon in a floating-zone method is measured with high precision according to light radiated from the molt... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6627582 | Large superconductor and its intermediate, and method for manufacturing the same A large superconductor intermediate of REBa2 Cu3 Ox system (where RE is one kind or a combination of rare earth elements including Y), characterized by a structure that oxide superconductors having non-superconductive phas... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6326334 | Method of forming a superconductor A lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO3) substrate on which thin films of layered perovskite copper oxide superconductors are formed. Lanthanum aluminate, with a pseudo-cubic perovskite crystal structure, has a crystal structure and lattice constant that... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6284712 | Processing of oxide superconductors A method for preparing a BSCCO-2223 oxide superconducting article includes annealing an oxide superconductor article comprised of BSCCO-2223 oxide superconductor at a temperature selected from the range of about 500° C.ࣘTࣘ787° C. and an annealing at... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6255255 | Oxide superconducting material and method of producing the same An oxide superconducting material includes a REBa2 Cu3 O7-x phase (RE designating one or a combination of two or more rare earth elements including Y), particles composed of Ce, Ba, Cu and O dispersed therein, and RE2... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6136756 | Method for manufacturing of high temperature superconductor material The high temperature superconducting material is made from a base material having two opposing surfaces and including a high purity yttrium barium copper oxide compound having a YBa2 Cu3 O7-x (123) composition with silver ... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6121205 | Bulk superconductor and process of preparing same A bulk superconductor including a plurality of units each composed of a substrate and a superconductive layer of R--Ba--Cu--O, where R is selected from La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Y, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and mixtures thereof, formed on the substrate. The units are ... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6103670 | Method of manufacturing oxide superconductor containing Ag and having substantially same crystal orientation An oxide superconductor which has high mechanical strength and exhibits favorable magnetic properties and high resistance to environment. Further, a method of manufacturing this oxide superconductor, namely, a method of manufacturing a RE--Ba--Cu--O oxide... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6083886 | Method of preparing oxide superconducting bulk body Provided is a method of preparing a large-sized oxide superconducting bulk body having excellent characteristics and high homogeneity. The method is adapted to prepare an oxide superconducting bulk body by melt growth through a seed crystal method, and co... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6046139 | Making large, single crystal, 123 YBCO superconductors We make large (in excess of 2 cm in diameter), single crystal YBa2 Cu3 O7-x [123 YBCO] crystals, where xࣘ0.6, in a seventeen step process or some variant thereof from finely ground and well mixed 123 YBCO and 211 YBCO po... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6034036 | Method of manufacturing oxide superconductors The present invention is aimed to provide a means for manufacturing a RE123 system oxide superconductor showing good superconductivity characteristics under atmospheric ambiance. In a method of manufacturing a RE123 system oxide superconductor by melting,... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6008162 | Production method of oxide superconductive film The present invention can provide an oxide superconductive film with a smooth surface and at homogeneous thickness on a simple substrate structure at a high film formation rate. In a liquid phase epitaxial growth method for producing an ReBa2 C... | 12/28/1999 |
| 5968878 | Oxide superconductor and method of producing same A high critical temperature and high critical current density superconductor containing a matrix phase of a metal oxide expressed by the formula RE1 Ba2 Cu3 Op wherein RE1 stands for La, Nd, Sm, Eu or... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5962374 | Preparation of oxide crystals A process for preparing an oxide crystal by means of solution growth in the presence of a solvent is provided. The solvent includes a mixture of an oxide containing at least one member of those elements which constitute the oxide crystal, a halide contain... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5958843 | Oxygen annealing process for bulk superconductors A bulk superconductor is produced by subjecting REBa2 Cu3 Oy oxide to oxygen annealing after many holes have been formed in the oxide body.... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5958840 | Oxide superconductor containing Ag and having substantially same crystal orientation, and method for manufacturing the same An oxide superconductor which has high mechanical strength and exhibits favorable magnetic properties and high resistance to environment. Further, a method of manufacturing this oxide superconductor, namely, a method of manufacturing a RE--Ba--Cu--O oxide... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5891828 | Method of producing superconducting PrBa2 Cu3 Oy single crystal and PrBa2 Cu3 Oy superconducting device PrBa2 Cu3 OY exhibiting superconductivity is provided by a method including the steps of preparing a solvent consisting of a mixture of praseodymium oxide, at least one of barium oxide and barium carbonate, and copper oxid... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5869431 | Thin film seeds for melt processing textured superconductors for practical applications A method of fabricating bulk superconducting material such as RBa2 Cu3 O7-δ where R is La or Y comprising depositing a thin epitaxially oriented film of Nd or Sm (123) on an oxide substrate. The powder oxides of RBa2... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5851956 | Method of manufacturing oxide crystal A large oxide crystal of high quality is manufactured by increasing the speed of crystal growth without affecting crystal growth. A melt of BaO--CuO as a raw material put in a crucible is heated and melt in the presence of a solid phase precipitate of Y | 12/22/1998 |
| 5849673 | Method of forming a superconductor coplanar waveguide A lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO3) substrate on which thin films of layered perovskite copper oxide superconductors are formed. Lanthanum aluminate, with a pseudo-cubic perovskite crystal structure, has a crystal structure and lattice constant that... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5830829 | High-temperature superconducting solid bodies and process for producing them The invention relates to a process for producing textured high-temperature superconducting solid shaped parts, which comprises solid shaped parts made of oxide-ceramic superconducting material of a phase mixture of the substance class YBCO first being mol... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5810984 | Nitrogen oxide sensor and method of manufacturing the sensor A nitrogen oxide sensor and a method of manufacturing the sensor are disclosed. The sensor has a gas detecting portion including sensitive material having electric property thereof subject to change in association with presence of nitrogen oxide in gas an... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5786304 | Joining product of oxide superconducting material and process for producing the same A joining product of oxide superconducting materials having a high current density and process for producing the same. A joining product comprising a plurality of oxide superconducting materials having an identical crystal orientation joined with each oth... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5776864 | Large single domain 123 material produced by seeding with single crystal rare earth barium copper oxide single crystals A method of fabricating bulk YBa2 Cu3 Ox where compressed powder oxides and/or carbonates of Y and Ba and Cu present in mole ratios to form YBa2 Cu3 Ox are heated in the presence of a Nd | 07/07/1998 |
| 5643857 | Method of melting ceramic superconductive material A ceramic superconductive material (1) including a compound containing oxygen and at least two types of metal elements and having layer structure is molten in a vessel (2), at least an inner surface (3) of which is formed of a solid solution alloy having ... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5627142 | Method of producing composite metal oxide material A composite material is disclosed which includes a substrate, an oriented film provided on a surface of the substrate and formed of a crystal of a Y123 metal oxide of the formula LnBa2 Cu3 Oy wherein Ln stands for Y or an ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5627141 | Method of producing ceramics system superconducting wire In order to obtain a ceramics system superconducting wire, a bulk type ceramics system superconductor or its precursor previously treated to have orientativity in its crystal structure is reduced in diameter in a state charged in a metallic pipe, thereby ... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5602080 | Method for manufacturing lattice-matched substrates for high-Tc superconductor films This method for manufacturing lattice-matched substrates for high-Tc superconductors employs at least two materials chosen from the group of known suitable substrate materials, of which one has a lattice constant smaller than the lattice consta... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5602081 | Method of preparing metal oxide crystal A method of preparing a crystal of a Y-series 123 metal oxide is disclosed, in which a substrate is immersed in a liquid phase which comprises components constituting the metal oxide. The liquid phase contains a solid phase located at a position different... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5550102 | Superconductor and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a superconductor is carried out by first preparing a material composed of Y1 Ba2 Cu3 O7. This material is heated/molten in a platinum crucible. A melt thus obtained is drawn out from a ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5545613 | Preparation of superconducting oxides and oxide-metal composites A method of preparing a superconducting oxide by combining the metallic elements of the oxide to form an alloy, followed by oxidation of the alloy to form the oxide. Superconducting oxide-metal composites are prepared in which a noble metal phase intimate... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5536704 | Composite material and method of preparing same A composite material comprising a bulky substrate of a Y-series 123 metal oxide crystal, and at least one layer provided on a surface of the substrate and formed of a crystal of a Y-series 123 metal oxide. The substrate may be produced by immersing a seed... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5527767 | Method for annealing thin film superconductors There is disclosed a method for annealing oxide thin film superconductors having layered structures including at least Cu--O layers in which each oxide thin film superconductor is heated partially by a heating means and the heating portion is moved at a p... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5525585 | Process for preparing YBa2 Cu3 O7-x superconductors The present invention provides a process for the preparation of YBa2 Cu3 O7-x superconductor which comprises surrounding a sintered material in which the molar ratio of Y:Ba:Cu is 2:1:1 with liquid-forming powder and subje... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5444040 | Superconductive oxide single crystal and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a single crystal of a superconductive oxide by a travelling solvent floating zone method (TSFZ Method). In this manufacturing method, a sintered feed rod of an oxide belonging to a tetragonal system, exhibiting anisotropic proper... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5413986 | Method for production of thin oxide superconducting film and substrate for production of the film A method for producing a thin oxide superconducting film possessing high crystallinity and excellent quality and a novel single crystal as a substrate allowing easy formation of an epitaxial film of high quality usable for the method are provided. The met... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5409892 | Method of maufacturing superconductor of ceramics superconductive material A method of manufacturing a superconductor by applying a floating zone method to a raw material sintered ingot. This method is adapted to obtain an elongated superconductor which can provide high critical current density. A floating zone is moved along th... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5407907 | Method of preparing metal oxide crystal A method of pulling a crystal of a metal oxide is disclosed, in which the growth of the crystal is performed in a liquid phase having a composition which is different from the metal oxide and which contains components constituting the metal oxide. The liq... | 04/18/1995 |
