Course title
7M1900001
Superconducting materials: Synthesis and Characterization

 miryala muralidhar Click to show questionnaire result at 2019
Course content
This course introduces a comprehensive state-of-the-art of various aspects of processing methods, properties, and applications of high-Tc superconductors. For high quality materials for industrial applications, the students will have to learn and evaluate phase diagrams. Further, the students will learn to create nano-structures in the production stage and to understand the vortex pinning techniques needed for individual industrial applications. This course is designed to be as broad and rigorous as possible to cover from fundamentals to applications of high-Tc superconductors.
Purpose of class
To develop in our student’s excellence in understanding the bulk high Tc superconductor processing methods and to activate ability to produce top superconducting materials for industrial applications. The class will focus on understanding the phase diagrams, molding the new materials, to create nano-structures improving the material’s performance, especially above liquid nitrogen temperature, up to liquid oxygen temperature.
Goals and objectives
  1. To understand concepts, e.g. phase diagrams of high-Tc superconducting materials.
  2. The HTSC materials synthesis, creation of nano-structures, characterization and flux pinning.
  3. Importance of the nano-structure creation during the material processing and design of the superconducting super-magnets for MagLav, MRI, DDS and other important applications.
Language
English
Class schedule

 Class schedule HW assignments (Including preparation and review of the class.) Amount of Time Required
1． Introduction and basics of superconductivity Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
2． Synthesis techniques of high-Tc oxide superconductors Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
3． Crystal chemistry of high-Tc oxide superconductors Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
4． Phase diagrams of high-Tc oxide superconductors Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
5． Melt processing, texturing, and micro-structures Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
6． Single grain production, seeding techniques and properties of REBa2Cu3Oy "RE-123" (RE: Nd, Gd, NdEuGd,) Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
7． Ways to mass production, products characterization: critical currents and trapped fields of RE-123 Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
8． OCMG process and creation of nano-structures in LRE-123 Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
9． Microstructure analysis, SEM, AFM, TEM, and STM of nano structured LRE-123 Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
10． Flux pinning enhancement in high-Tc superconducting materials Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
11． Developing new concepts related to HTSC material processing, especially cost efficiency (students’ ppt presentations) Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
12． Advanced RE-123 materials based on RE210, processing and optimization. Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
13． Application of RE-123 for silver sheathed wire technology Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
14． Application of high-Tc superconductors: DDS, MRI, and MagLev (Basic principles and its development’s) Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
15． Requirements for HTSC technology for future energy issues. The students will submit their ideas concerning the future needs and sustainable development. Revising and comprehending class material 90minutes
Total. - - 1350minutes
Relationship between 'Goals and Objectives' and 'Course Outcomes'

 Class Activity Power Point presentation on material development Final Exam Total.
1. 20% 40% 40% 100%
2. 0%
3. 0%
Total. 20% 40% 40% -
Evaluation method and criteria
Class Activity (Class Participation/Behavior/Quizzes): 20%; Power Point presentation on material development: 40%; Final Exam: 40%
Textbooks and reference materials
1. Superconductivity: Today and Tomorrows Applications
ed. Miryala Muralidhar (Nova Science Publishers, 2015)
2. Superconductivity: Recent Developments and New Production Technologies
ed. Miryala Muralidhar (Nova Science Publishers, 2012)
3. Melt Processed High-Temperature Superconductors
ed. Masato Murakami (World Scientific, 1992)
Prerequisites
Students need material science, or engineering backgrounds.
Office hours and How to contact professors for questions
  • Reserving the time by e-mail
Relation to the environment
Non-environment-related course
Regionally-oriented
Non-regionally-oriented course
Development of social and professional independence
  • Course that cultivates an ability for utilizing knowledge
Active-learning course
More than one class is interactive
Course by professor with work experience
Work experience Work experience and relevance to the course content if applicatable
N/A N/A
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