Superconductor technology: apparatus, material, process inventions 07/06

20060166831 - Method of forming thin film on base substance via intermediate layer: The invention relates to a technique for forming a thin film of good quality on a base substance via an intermediate layer. Such a film formation technique is suitably applicable to formation of an oxide high-temperature superconductor thin film usable for a superconducting wire material, a superconducting device or the...

20060166832 - Superconductor magnetizing device and superconducting synchronization device: A magnetizing device for superconductor and a superconducting synchronous machine are provided capable of constituting more compact and simple equipment that uses a superconductor as a magnet. The magnetizing device for superconductor includes a superconductor (131); a coolant chamber (142) for cooling the superconductor (131) down to or below a...

20060154827 - Aluminum nitride sintered compact: An aluminum nitride sintered body comprising crystal grains of an average grain size (D50) of 0.1 to 2.5 μm, and having a pore area ratio of not larger than 1×10−7, a pore density of not larger than 0.05 pores/mm2 of pores having diameters of not smaller than 1 μm, and...

20060154828 - Precursor material for bi-based oxide superconductor and process for preparing such material: A precursor material for the preparation of superconductors based on Bi2Sr2Ca1Cu2O8+δ wherein the precursor material which is as close to equilibrium state as possible, i.e., has less than 5% in average 2201 intergrowths in the 2212 phase; in particular, the present invention relates to a precursor material, which is converted...