RABiT process

FIGURE 8.1.14 Conductor structures of IBAD processed and RABiT processed YBCO-coated conductors. 

Note the most promising processing method for YBCO applications involves deposition onto a flexible metal tape coated with buffering metal oxides. Crystal-plane alignment can be introduced into the metal tape itself (via the RABiTS process) or a textured ceramic buffer layer can be deposited on an untextured alloy substrate (the IBAD process). Subsequent oxide layers prevent diffusion of the metal from the tape into the superconductor while transferring the template for texturing the superconducting layer. 

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