Partical Melting of bulk Bi-2212

Dense and textured Bi-2212 bulk samples have been produced by the partial melting process. The appropriate amount of liquid phase necessary for complete densification has been adjusted by controlling the maximum processing temperature. The maximum temperature itself has to be adapted to several parameters as powder stoichiometry, silver addition and oxygen partial pressure. Prolonged annealing at 850 and 820 C and cooling in N2 atmosphere led to nearly single phase material with T(sub c) = 92 K. Critical current densities j(sub c) of 2'200 A/sq cm at 77 K/0 T have been achieved in samples of more than 1 mm thickness. Reducing the thickness below 0.4 mm enhances j(sub c) considerably to values is greater than 4'000 A/sq cm. The addition of 2 wt% Ag decreases the solidus temperature of the Bi-2212 powder by 21 C. Therefore, the maximum heat treatment temperature of Ag containing samples can be markedly lowered leading to a reduction of the amount of secondary phases. In addition, Ag enhances slightly the texture over the entire cross section and as a result j(sub c) at 77 K/0 T

Porous Ceramics by Photopolymerization with Terpene–Acrylate Vehicles

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Spray pyrolysis of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ thin film cathodes

Spray pyrolysis has been used to prepare La0.6 Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ thin film cathodes for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) applications. The films are polycrystalline with nano-meter sized grains and less than 1 μm in thickness. Deposition parameters for film deposition have been established. The ratio of deposition temperature to solvent boiling point is found to be the most important processing parameter that determines whether a crack free homogeneous and coherent film is obtained. The morphology can be tailored by the deposition parameters. Annealing at 650∘C for four hours in air results in coherent films of the desired perovskite phase. The films are potential cathodes for thin film micro-solid oxide fuel cell

Spray pyrolysis of La0.6Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ thin film cathodes

Spray pyrolysis has been used to prepare La0.6 Sr0.4Co0.2Fe0.8O3-δ thin film cathodes for solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) applications. The films are polycrystalline with nano-meter sized grains and less than 1 μm in thickness. Deposition parameters for film deposition have been established. The ratio of deposition temperature to solvent boiling point is found to be the most important processing parameter that determines whether a crack free homogeneous and coherent film is obtained. The morphology can be tailored by the deposition parameters. Annealing at 650∘C for four hours in air results in coherent films of the desired perovskite phase. The films are potential cathodes for thin film micro-solid oxide fuel cell

The System Si 3 N 4 -SiO 2 -Y 2 O 3

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Tape casting and partial melting of Bi-2212 thick films

To produce Bi-2212 thick films with high critical current densities tape casting and partial melting is a promising fabrication method. Bi-2212 powder and organic additives were mixed into a slurry and tape casted onto glass by the doctor blade tape casting process. The films were cut from the green tape and partially molten on Ag foils during heat treatment. We obtained almost single-phase and well-textured films over the whole thickness of 20 microns. The orientation of the (a,b)-plane of the grains was parallel to the substrate with a misalignment of less than 6 deg. At 77 K/0T a critical current density of 15, 000 A/sq cm was reached in films of the dimension 1 cm x 2 cm x 20 microns (1 micron V/cm criterion, resistively measured). At 4 K/0T the highest value was 350,000 A/sq cm (1 nV/cm criterion, magnetically measured)

Thermodynamic Assessment of the La-Fe-O System

The La-Fe and the La-Fe-O systems are assessed using the Calphad approach, and the Gibbs energy functions of ternary oxides are presented. Oxygen and mutual La and Fe solubilities in body-centered cubic (bcc) and face-centered cubic (fcc) structured metallic phases are considered in the modeling. Oxygen nonstoichiometry of perovskite-structured La1±x Fe1±y O3−δ is modeled using the compound energy formalism (CEF), and the model is submitted to a defect chemistry analysis. The contribution to the Gibbs energy of LaFeO3 due to a magnetic order-disorder transition is included in the model description. Lanthanum-doped hexaferrite, LaFe12O19, is modeled as a stoichiometric phase. Δf,elements°H 298K (LaFe12O19)=−5745kJ/mol, °S 298K (LaFe12O19)=683J/mol·K, and Δf,oxides°G (LaFe12O19)=4634−37.071T (J/mol) from 1073 to 1723K are calculated. The liquid phase is modeled using the two-sublattice model for ionic liquids. The calculated La-Fe phase diagram, LaO1.5-FeO x phase diagrams at different oxygen partial pressures, and phase equilibria of the La-Fe-O system at 873, 1073, and 1273K as a function of oxygen partial pressures are presente

Energy separation in oscillatory Hamiltonian systems without any non-resonance condition

We consider multiscale Hamiltonian systems in which harmonic oscillators with several high frequencies are coupled to a slow system. It is shown that the oscillatory energy is nearly preserved over long times eps^{-N} for arbitrary N>1, where eps^{-1} is the size of the smallest high frequency. The result is uniform in the frequencies and does not require non-resonance conditions.Comment: 13 page

Correlation of conductivity and angle integrated valence band photoemission characteristics in single crystal iron perovskites for 300 K < T < 800 K: Comparison of surface and bulk sensitive methods

A single crystal monolith of La0.9Sr0.1FeO3 and thin pulsed laser deposited film of La0.8Sr0.2Fe0.8Ni0.2O3 were subject to angle integrated valence band photoemission spectroscopy in ultra high vacuum and conductivity experiments in ambient air at temperatures from 300 K to 800 K. Except for several sputtering and annealing cycles, the specimen were not prepared in-situ.. Peculiar changes in the temperature dependent, bulk representative conductivity profile as a result of reversible phase transitions, and irreversible chemical changes are semi-quantitatively reflected by the intensity variation in the more surface representative valence band spectra near the Fermi energy. X-ray photoelectron diffraction images reflect the symmetry as expected from bulk iron perovskites. The correlation of spectral details in the valence band photoemission spectra (VB PES) and details of the conductivity during temperature variation suggest that valuable information on electronic structure and transport properties of complex materials may be obtained without in-situ preparation

Crystal chemistry of [beta]-Si3N4 solid solutions containing metal oxides

Phase equilibrium diagrams of Si3N4-metal oxides systems were reviewed. It was found that the solid solubility limits of different metal oxides in [beta]-Si3N4 depends on the size and charge of the metal elements. A misfit factor was suggested to present these variables numerically. For some compositions in the systems Si,Al/N,O, Si, Be/N,O, Si,Al,Be/N,O and Si,Be,Mg/N,O the misfit factors were computed and plotted against the solubility limits. It was found that substantial amount of foreign atoms can be accommodated in the [beta]-Si3N4 lattice when the misfit factor is small. When the misfit factor becomes larger, only small amount of foreign atoms enter the lattice. The results suggested that this method can be used to estimate the solid solubility limits of one or more metal oxides and nitrides in [beta]-Si3N4.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/21787/1/0000182.pd