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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1988
Masanobu Nishio, Osaka, JP;
Kazuhiko Hayashi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Nakai, Osaka, JP;
Kengo Ohkura, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Sawada, Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a superconducting wire is carried out by first preparing a material being composed of Y.sub.1 Ba.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.7. This material is melted in a platinum crucible. A melt thus obtained is drawn out from a hole provided on the bottom wall of the crucible to be linearly discharged. The linearly discharged melt is cooled and solidified. A cooling/solidifying space for such a step is set at a temperature less by about 10.degree. C. than the solidifying point of the material, and a slow-cooling zone is provided next to the cooling/solidifying space. This slow-cooling zone is provided to be at a relatively high temperature in a portion closer to the hole while having a temperature gradient along a direction for linearly discharging the melt. A superconducting wire being composed of Y.sub.1 Ba.sub.2 Cu.sub.3 O.sub.7 is obtained. This superconducting wire superconducts at 85K.