Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 March 1998
Industrial applications of the bulk superconducting YBa2Cu3O7 material imply to control the growth of large oriented monodomains in samples of big size (several centimeters). The laboratory EPM-Matformag is committed to produce such materials according to three different methods (zone melting, solidification controlled by a magnetic field, crystal growth from a seed). The results obtained show that it is possible by such methods to elaborate a material with high performances at the centimeter scale and to produce it in series. The availability of such materials allows the measure of physical properties on a large scale and the testing of prototypes for cryo-electrotechnical applications (magnetic bearing, flywheel, coupling device, current lead...).
Le contenu de cet article a été présenté aux Ves journées de cryognénie et de supraconductivité à Aussois en April 1997.
* Le contenu de cet article a été présenté aux Ves journées de cryognénie et de supraconductivité à Aussois en April 1997.