Using appropriate additions of polymeric binders, it has been possible to extrude wires from YBa,Cu,O, powders between 70 and 100°C and at pressures of c 1.0 MPa. It has also been possible to produce coils by winding the wire, as it left the extrusion die, onto a suitable mould. After burning off the binder components at temperatures up to 500°C, the wire was sintered in air or oxygen at 960°C to develop strength and conductivity. Both straight wires and coils produced so far exhibit superconducting behaviour. The mechanical fragility of these materials could be overcome by application of a suitable encapsulation, for example, an acrylic resin.
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