ISSN:
1551-2916
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
The growth morphology of large YBa2Cu3O7−δ grains during peritectic solidification has been reported to be responsible for the generation of processing defects, such as platelets, and an inhomogeneous distribution of 211 particles, both of which influence significantly the superconducting properties of the fully processed material. The present study demonstrates both experimentally and theoretically the formation of local dendrites at macroscopically planar YBa2Cu3O7−δ growth fronts which propagate along different crystallographic directions and identifies these as key growth features of the peritectic solidification process.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb02908.x
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