TITLE:
The Effect of the Pressure for the Formation of YBa2Cu3O7–d Bulk Ceramics with Domestic Microwave Oven
AUTHORS:
Masato Ohmukai
KEYWORDS:
Microwave Oven, Bulk Ceramics, YBa2Cu3O7–d Superconductor
JOURNAL NAME:
Engineering,
Vol.3 No.11,
November
24,
2011
ABSTRACT: We fabricated YBa2Cu3O7–d bulk ceramics with a domestic microwave oven and investigated the effect of pressure at the press procedure. If the pressure was not high enough, the ratio of BaCuO2 phase became large, estimated from x-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements. We found that the pressure should be 700 kgf/cm2 at least in order to suppress the BaCuO2 phase.