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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 28, 1994
Martin W. Rupich, Framingham, MA (US);
William L. Carter, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Qi Li, Westborough, MA (US);
Alexander Otto, Chelmsford, MA (US);
Gilbert Riley, Jr., Marlborough, MA (US);
American Superconductor Corporation, Westborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A multicomponent powder useful in the formation of BSCCO-2223 is provided comprised of orthorhombic BSCCO-2212 and alkaline earth cuprate, without formation of undesirable secondary phases such as alkaline earth bismuthates and alkaline earth plumbates. A method for the production of the multicomponent powder includes providing a mixture of raw materials comprising constituent metallic elements in a ratio corresponding to a superconducting BSCCO-2223 material and heating the mixture under conditions which form a dominant amount of the orthorhombic BSCCO phase and the alkaline earth cuprate phase while preventing formation of an undesirable secondary phase selected from the group of alkaline earth plumbates and alkaline earth bismuthates. A subsequent heating step converts the multicomponent powder into the BSCCO-2223 and subsequent deformation and annealing processes may be used to form a substantially single phase, highly textured (Bi,Pb)SCCO-2223 superconductor article.