Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Yasuko Torii

Kengo Ohkura

Toshihiro Kotani

Hiroyuki Kusuhara

Masami Tatsumi

Yasuo Namikawa

Katsuya Hasegawa

Hiromi Takei

Novel superconducting oxide material containing compound oxide having a composition represented by the formula:

Oxide superconducting material, process for preparing the same and

In a method of preparing a thallium oxide superconductor having components of Tl-Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O or Tl-Bi-Pb-Ca-Sr-Cu-O from raw material powder, the raw material powder is subjected to first heat treatment, then exposed to a compressive load, and thereafter subjected to second heat treatment. Thus, a thallium oxide superconductor having a high critical current density can be obtained.

Thallium oxide superconductor and method of preparing the same

Superconducting oxide material containing compound represented by the formula:

Oxide superconducting material and process for preparing the same

Thallim, bismuth and lead containing oxide superconductor

A new superconducting material composed mainly of compound oxide represented by the general formula:

Oxide-type superconducting material

Provided herein is a method of efficiently preparing a thin film having a higher critical temperature as to an oxide superconducting material containing Tl. A thin film of an oxide containing Tl is formed and then heat treated at a temperature of about 850.degree. to 950.degree. C. for a short time, and thereafter further heat treated at a temperature, which is lower than the preceding heat treatment temperature, of at least about 750.degree. C. for a long time. The thin film is heat treated in an atmosphere having an oxygen partial pressure of not more than about 0.1 atm. In formation of a Tl superconducting thin film, on the other hand, a 1212 phase layer is reacted with an amorphous Ca--Cu--O layer to form a 1223 phase layer, or a layer containing volatile metal elements (Tl, Bi and Pb, for example) and oxygen is reacted with another layer containing other elements than the volatile metal elements to form a superconducting film having a high critical temperature.

Method of preparing Tl-containing oxide superconducting thin film

A method of manufacturing an oxide superconductor by heating a raw material for an oxide superconductor composed of MBa.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.7-.delta., where M represents at least a single element selected from a group of Y, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, to a temperature higher than a peritectic reaction temperature for melting the same and thereafter reducing the temperature to the peritectic reaction temperature to crystallize the oxide superconductor by peritectic reaction. A method of forming a dispersion solution of powder of a raw material for an oxide superconductor and applying the same on a substrate to prepare a thick film. A method of dipping a single crystal of M.sub.2 BaCuO.sub.5 in a molten solution of a mixture of BaCuO.sub.2 and CuO to form a thin film of an oxide superconductor on the single crystal. A method of manufacturing a bulky oxide superconductor by dipping a porous sintered material of M.sub.2 BaCuO.sub.5 in a molten solution of a mixture of BaCuO.sub.2 and CuO.

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Yasuko Torii