Abstract: A twisted and compressed conductor including a central wire and a plurality of conductor wires concentrically twisted around the central wire, wherein the central wire is at least one high-strength wire made of a fiber-reinforced metal matrix composite.

Abstract: The present invention provides a generic method of preparing a metal matrix composite with a textured compound. A “roller-skate” structure starting powder with a mixture of plate-like particles and smaller particles provides better flow compatibility, higher packing density, better densification and texture formation in preparing a metal matrix composite with a textured compound. In particular, the invention provides a method of preparing a textured superconducting composite wire with an improved critical current density.

Abstract: A stranded cable that includes a plurality of brittle load bearing wires and a means for maintaining the stranded arrangement of the brittle wires. Because the load bearing wires are brittle, they cannot be sufficiently deformed during conventional cable stranding processes in such a way as to maintain their helical arrangement. Therefore, the means for maintaining the helical arrangement of the stranded wires allows the stranded cable to be conveniently provided as an intermediate article or as a final article. When used as an intermediate article, it may be later incorporated into a final article such as overhead power transmission cables. The maintaining means may be a tape, an adhesive tape, or a binder applied to the stranded wires.

Abstract: This invention provides a plated metal wire excellent in corrosion resistance and resistance to the cracking and peeling of a plated layer and/or a plated alloy layer during working, subjected to hot dip zinc alloy plating and used for outdoor and exposed structures such as wire mesh for construction, net cages for revetments, fishing nets, outdoor fences, etc., a method for producing the plated metal wire, and an apparatus for carrying out the method.

Abstract: An electrical conductor for use in an electronic structure is disclosed which includes a conductor body that is formed of an alloy including between about 0.001 atomic % and about 2 atomic % of an element selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, In, Sn and Hf; and a liner abutting the conductor body which is formed of an alloy that includes Ta, W, Ti, Nb and V. The invention further discloses a liner for use in a semiconductor interconnect that is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of Ti, Hf, In, Sn, Zr and alloys thereof, TiCu3, Ta1−XTix, Ta1−X, Hfx, Ta1−X, Inxy, Ta1−XSnx, Ta1−XZrx.

Abstract: A conducting polymer composite including: (i) a phase I material consisting essentially of a polar copolymer of ethylene and an unsaturated ester having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, said copolymer having a crystallinity of 0 to about 30 percent as determined by differential scanning calorimetry analysis and having a melt viscosity &eegr;I; (ii) a phase II material having a crystallinity of 0 to about 30 percent as determined by differential scanning calorimetry analysis and having a melt viscosity &eegr;II, said phase II material consisting essentially of (A) a non-polar copolymer of ethylene, an alpha-olefin having 3 to 12 carbon atoms, and, optionally, a diene, or (B) a non-polar elastomer, either of which, when mixed with the phase I material, will not enter into a completely homogeneous state, but is compatible with the phase I material; and (iii) a conducting filler material dispersed in the phase I material and/or the phase II in an amount sufficient to be equal to or greater than the amount required to gen

Abstract: An olefin-based resin composition contains (a) 39-94 parts by weight of a propylene homopolymer or propylene-ethylene copolymer of at least 50 wt. % propylene content, having a melt-flow rate of 0.1-5 g/10 min, (b) 1-20 parts by weight of a polypropylene modified with 0.1-10% by weight of an acid anhydride, (c) 5-60 parts by weight of a styrene-based polymeric elastomer modified with 0.1-10% by weight of an acid anhydride, the total of components (a), (b) and (c) being 100 parts by weight, and (d) 30-200 parts by weight of a metal hydroxide. This halogen-free resin composition has a good balance of properties such as wear resistance, flame resistance, tensile properties and flexibility, which are required for the covering material of an electrical wire for an automobile.

Abstract: A coaxial cable has two concentric conducting tubes, each tube being made of two layers. Each layer is formed of a higher conductivity material layered onto a base material, which is also conductive. The higher conductivity layer is disposed on the base layer such that there is an edge clearance of base layer that is devoid of the higher conductivity material. As a result, the edges of the base layers can be welded together to form the coaxial cable without the weld interfering with the conductive characteristics of the high conductivity layer. As a result, the structure provides the RF attenuation performance of the high conductivity layer while allowing selection of the base layer based on material cost and ease of manufacture.

Abstract: A process for producing a core wire includes the steps of providing a core includes a metal material enclosed in an inner sheathing which is further enclosed in an outer sheathing wherein the core is a metal alloy selected from the group consisting of alloys of iron, nickel, cobalt, copper aluminum and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A method by which a conventional circuit trace (14) is modified with a layer (16) of high-conductivity solder alloy to yield a high-current circuit trace (12) for high-current routing on a substrate (10). The method generally entails the use of a solder composition that contains a dispersion of metal particles (18) in a solder alloy (20). The metal particles (18) are selected on the basis of having a higher electrical conductivity than the solder alloy (20), and are present in sufficient amounts so that the electrical conductivity of the solder composition is significantly higher than that of the solder alloy (20). The solder composition is deposited on a conductor (14), and then reflowed to form a conductive layer (16) on the conductor (14). The metal particles (18) remain as a discrete dispersion within the conductive layer (16) in order to suitably promote the conductivity of the layer (16).

Abstract: This invention relates to the manufacturing of a seven-wire symmetrical hybrid conductor (one hard copper alloy wire in the center—six hard ETP copper peripheral wires) in 24 and 26 AWG gauges that fulfills the SAE J-1678 and Ford specifications with regard to electrical resistance and breaking load, having an outside diameter proper for smooth thin wall insulation.

Abstract: Superconductor tapes are annealed under uniaxial pressure, such a compressive annealing yielding significant improvement in the resultant critical current density. This thermomechanical processing technique obtains improved critical currents with fewer processing steps.

Abstract: A composite metallic wire includes: an inner layer having a cross-sectional shape of a rough circle; and a metal outer layer having a cross-sectional shape of a rough ring; wherein the composite metallic wire has a diameter of 15 &mgr;m or less and an electric resistance of 300 &OHgr;/m or less. A composite type magnetic head using as a coil wire a composite wire comprising: (1) a composite metallic wire comprising: an inner layer having a cross-sectional shape of a rough circle; and a metal outer layer having a cross-sectional shape of a rough ring; wherein the composite metallic wire has a diameter of 15 &mgr;m or less and an electric resistance of 300 &OHgr;/m or less, and (2) an insulating coat provided in the outer periphery of the outer layer.