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| Introduction | |
| Critical temperature and critical current | |
| Sintering | |
| Effect of sintering condition on J[subscript c] | |
| Weak links in sintered samples | |
| Grain alignment | |
| Applications | |
| Melt processed superconductors | |
| Phase Diagram of the Y-Ba-Cu-O System | |
| Sample preparation | |
| Microstructural analysis | |
| Pseudobinary phase diagram | |
| Melt Processing | |
| MTG process | |
| Modified MTG process | |
| QMG and MPMG processes | |
| Power melting process | |
| Platinum doped melt growth process | |
| Solidification with sample transport | |
| Grain growth | |
| Beneficial points of the MPMG process | |
| Modified MPMG process | |
| Seeding | |
| Other melt processes | |
| Crystal Growth | |
| Directional solidification | |
| Solidification models | |
| Microstructure | |
| Microstructure of melt processed samples | |
| Observation of oxygen deficient regions | |
| Microstructural characterization by transmission electron microscopy | |
| Magnetic Properties I: DC Magnetization | |
| DC magnetization at low fields | |
| Magnetization hysteresis loops | |
| Magnetic Properties II: AC Magnetization | |
| Samples and measurements | |
| Temperature dependence of AC susceptibility | |
| Analysis of [chi] and [chi [superscript '']] based on the Bean model | |
| Magneto-Optical Observation | |
| Optical detection system | |
| Experimental | |
| Results on MPMG-processed YBCO | |
| Results on QMG-processed YBCO | |
| Role of 211 inclusions | |
| Critical Current | |
| Factors to affect critical currents | |
| Critical current in type I superconductor | |
| Critical current in type II superconductor | |
| Critical current measurements | |
| Flux Pinning I | |
| Pinning mechanism | |
| Flux pinning sites in melt processed YBaCuO | |
| Flux Pinning II: Y[subscript 2]BaCuO[subscript 5] Inclusion | |
| Comparison of critical currents | |
| The size of the pinning center | |
| 211/123 interface | |
| The bulk pinning force and J[subscript c] | |
| Scaling law | |
| Direct observations | |
| Flux Pinning III: Fast Neutron Irradiation | |
| Neutron irradiation of single crystals and thin films | |
| Neutron irradiation of melt processed materials | |
| Flux Creep and Irreversibility Line | |
| Flux creep and J[subscript c] | |
| Time decay of critical current | |
| Flux creep measurements for the MPMG processed samples | |
| Irreversibility line | |
| Levitation and Suspension | |
| Force between a superconductor and a magnet | |
| Appendix: Calculation of the levitation force | |
| Fracture Toughness | |
| Fracture toughness of ceramics | |
| Fracture toughness of YBa[subscript 2]Cu[subscript 3]O[subscript 7]-[delta] | |
| Effect of Y[subscript 2]BaCuO[subscript 5] on fracture toughness | |
| Effect of other second phases on fracture toughness | |
| Application I: Levitation and Suspension | |
| Flux jump | |
| Levitation | |
| Suspension | |
| Application II: Magnetic Bearing and Flywheel | |
| Superconducting magnetic bearing | |
| Flywheel system using bulk superconductors | |
| Application III: Permanent Magnet | |
| Superconducting permanent magnet | |
| Samples and experiments | |
| Permanent magnetic properties of the melt processed YBCO | |
| Appendix: Electromagnetic Units | |
| The MKSA system | |
| The CGS system | |
| Subject Index | |
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