Crystal alignment technique for superconductors
US5114905A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 8, 1990 |
| Grant date | May 19, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 8, 2010 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S505/727
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method of processing polycrystalline material by performing multi-axis crystal alignment utilizing anisotropies in the crystalline structure including the step of providing a polycrystalline material in a fluid suspension or malleable form having a magnetic moment. An external force to which the material is reactive is applied to align the individual crystals along a first axis. A magnetic field is applied to orient the magnetic moment of the crystals along a second axis, transverse to the first axis. The crystalline material may have a magnetic moment associated with a rare earth element of the material.
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