Provides detailed coverage of the latest advances in the chemical, physical, and materials aspects and potential applications of bismuth-based hightemperature cuprate superconductors. DLC: High-temperature superconductors.

Series Introduction

iii

(2)

Allen M. Hermann

Preface

v

(6)

Contributors

xi

Part I: Overview

1

(6)

1. Discovery and Progress in Bi-Based Oxide High-T Superconductors Hiroshi Maeda

1

(6)

Part II: Physics and Chemistry

7

(246)

2. Crystal Structure

7

(26)

Shigeo Horiuchi

Eiji Takayama-Muromachi

3. Thermal and Magnetic Properties

33

(42)

Gilles Triscone

Alain Junod

4. Tunneling

75

(18)

T. Hasegawa

M. Nantoh

M. Ogino

K. Kitazawa

5. Phases and Their Relationships in the Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System

93

(36)

Jun Takada

Yasunori Ikeda

Mikio Takano

6. Phase Equilibria and Crystal Chemistry of the High-Temperature Superconducting Compounds of the System Bi2O3--SrO-CaO-CuO

129

(24)

Peter J. Majewski

7. Intrinsic Pinning

153

(24)

Masashi Tachiki

Saburo Takahashi

8. Radiation Effects

177

(38)

Yukio Kazumata

Satoru Okayasu

Hiroaki Kumakura

9. Preparation of Precursor Powders

215

(12)

S. Yoshizawa

M. Satoh

S. Haseyama

10. Preparation of Single Crystals

227

(12)

T. Mochiku

11. Diffusion Reaction in Bi-Based Oxides

239

(14)

K. Tachikawa

M. Satoh

Y. Hishinuma

Part III: Bulk, Wire/Tape and Applications

253

(270)

12. Bi-Based Superconductor Fabricated by the Floating-Zone Method

253

(24)

Kazuo Michishita

Yumi H. Ikuhara

Yukio Kubo

13. Bi-Based Bulk Current Leads and Their Applications

277

(12)

Yutaka Yamada

14. Powder-in-Tube Bi-2223 Ag-Sheathed Tape: Basic Process, Microstructure and Critical Current Density

289

(30)

Yutaka Yamada

15. Thermodynamics, Microstructure, and Critical Current Density in Bi,Pb(2223) Tapes

319

(50)

R. Flukiger

G. Grasso

B. Hensel

M. Daumling

R. Gladyshevskii

A. Jeremie, J. C. Grivel

A. Perin

16. Manufacture and Properties of Bi-2212-Based Ag-Sheathed Wires

369

(22)

Johannes Tenbrink

Helmut Krauth

17. Bi-2212 Ag-Sheathed Wire

391

(20)

M. Mimura

18. Properties of Bi-2212 Silver-Sheathed Tape and Its Application to Magnets

411

(16)

Seiji Hayashi

Kazuyuki Shibutani

Takashi Hase

Rikuo Ogawa

Yoshio Kawate

19. Melt Processing Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8 Conductors: The Influence of Oxygen on Phase Relations in the Melt

427

(24)

E. E. Hellstrom

W. Zhang

20. Bi-2212/Ag Composite Tapes Processed by Doctor-Blade or Dip-Coating Process

451

(26)

Hiroaki Kumakura

21. Coils, Power Leads, Busbars, and Cables

477

(22)

K. Sato

K. Ohkura

K. Hayashi

T. Hikata

T. Kaneko

T. Kato

M. Ueyama

J. Fujikami

K. Muranaka

S. Kobayashi

N. Saga

22. Fabrication and Characterizations of HTSC Coils Made from Bi-2223 Conductors

499

(24)

U. Balachandran

A.N. Iyer

P. Haldar

J.G. Hoehn, Jr.

L.R. Motowidlo

Part IV: Thin Films and Applications

523

(92)

23. MOCVD Growth of High-Quality Bi-2223 Superconducting Films

523

(22)

K. Endo

24. Structure and Properties of Bi2Sr2Can-1CunO2n+4 Films Prepared by Sequential Sputter Deposition

545

(32)

Takeshi Hatano

Keikichi Nakamura

25. Layer-by-Layer Growth of Bi-Based Superlattices by Molecular Beam Epitaxy

577

(18)

Masao Nakao

26. Basic Properties for BSCCO Devices

595

(20)

I. Iguchi

Part V: Outlook

615

(6)

27. Future Prospects

615

(6)

Kazumasa Togano

Hiroshi Maeda

Index

621

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