Magnetically enhanced reaction sintering of textured YBa2Cu3Ox

Abstract
Liquid phase reaction sintering of YBa2Cu3Ox electrophoretically deposited thick films has been conducted in a magnetic field (∼1 T). The magnetic field influences the crystallographic orientation of the final microstructural grains (texturing). It is suggested that the magnetic field does not influence the orientation of nuclei during the nucleation process but induces physical rotation of the monograins in the sintering liquid and influences their grain growth.