Abstract: Fibers which contain potentially superconducting material are dry spun by the steps of preparing a suspension of potentially superconducting powder in a thickened solvent; preparing a solution of fiber-forming polymer; supplying the suspension and the solution to a spinning apparatus; in the spinning apparatus, arranging the solution and the suspension in a bicomponent arrangement; extruding the arranged solution and suspension from a spinneret as a bicomponent filament; and removing the solvent from the filament.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 15, 1994
Date of Patent:
June 19, 2001
Assignee:
BASF Corporation
Inventors:
Olli P. Tuominen, Carol W. Morgan, Dominick A. Burlone, Keith V. Blankenship