@misc{121001,
  keywords = {barium yttrium cuprate superconductor crystal growth},
  author = {Kay Y. Blohowiak and Darryl F. Garrigus and Thomas S. Luhman and Kevin E. McCrary and Michael Strasik and Ilhan Aksay and Fatih Dogan and William C. Hicks and Corrie B. Martin},
  title = {Making large, single crystal, 123 YBCO superconductors},
  abstract = { Large (in excess of 2 cm in diam.), single crystal YBa2Cu3O7-x [123 YBCO] crystals, where x <= 0.6, can be grown in a seventeen step process or some variant thereof from finely ground and well mixed 123 YBCO and 211 YBCO powders with a small amt. of Pt by controlling the rate of cooling from within a compact of the powders using a temp. gradient in the radial and axial planes (independently) of \~{}1-20{\textdegree}/in. diam. of compact to nucleate the crystal growth. Crystal growth is also promoted as well using a Sm oxide seed crystal, preferably SmBa2Cu3O7-y, where y <= 1.6. After nucleation the compact is cooled slowly at a rate from \~{}0.1-1{\textdegree}/h to promote the single crystal development. [on SciFinder(R)] },
  year = {2000},
  pages = {11 pp.},
  publisher = {The Boeing Company, USA .},
  isbn = {US6046139A},
  language = {eng},
}