Superconductor technology: apparatus – material – process – High temperature – per se – Having tc greater than or equal to 150 k
Patent
1990-10-16
1992-09-22
Nimmo, Morris H.
Superconductor technology: apparatus, material, process
High temperature , per se
Having tc greater than or equal to 150 k
156643, 174 94R, 1741251, 20419217, 2041923, 427 62, 505706, C04B 3500, H01R 400, H01B 1200
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active
051496860
ABSTRACT:
A high-T.sub.c superconducting unit is disclosed having low contact resistivity between a substantially non-degraded surface of the superconductor and a surface of a contact pad in engagement with the substantially non-degraded surface of the superconductor, with contact resistivity of less than 1000 .mu..OMEGA.-cm.sup.2 at high-T.sub.c superconductor operating temperatures being disclosed.
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Blankenship Betty A.
Ekin John W.
Panson Armand J.
Burdick Harold A.
Harris Robert E.
Nimmo Morris H.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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