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Papers by leading engineers and scientists in the field report the latest advances in low temperature materials science and technology and set priorities for new research. The topics covered include general superconductor theory, measurement, and processing; low temperature superconductors; high tem

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Review.- The VAMAS Intercomparison in the Area of Superconducting and Cryogenic Structural Materials.- General Superconductor Theory, Measurement, and Processing.- The Resistive State of a Random Weak Link Network.- Bose-Einstein Gas Model for Tc and Energy Gap for Most Superconductors, Especially the Ceramic Oxides.- Flux Creep in Multifilamentary Conductors of NbTi and Nb3Sn.- Theory of Flux Penetration Effects Below Hc1 in Multifilamentary Superconductors.- Integrity Tests for High-Tc and Conventional Critical-Current Measurement Systems.- Conversion of an 11 MN Extrusion Press for Hydrostatic Extrusion of Superconducting Materials.- Low Temperature Superconductors Nb3Sn.- Strain Effects in VAMAS Round Robin Test Wires.- An Apparatus for Evaluating Strain Effect of Critical Current in Superconducting Wires in Magnetic Fields up to 16.5 T.- The Characterization of Nb3Sn Superconductors for Use in Magnets of 19 T and Greater.- Strain Effect in an Internally Stabilized Multifilamentary (Nb,Ti)3Sn Superconducting Wire.- Effects of Transverse Stress on the Current Carrying Capacity of Multifilamentary Wires.- Further Studies of Transverse Stress Effects in Cable-in-Conduit Conductors.- Jacket Material Evaluation for Net's Wind-and-React Superconductor.- Thermal Contraction of Fiberglass-Epoxy Sample Holders Used for Nb3Sn Critical-Current Measurements.- Development of Nb3Sn Superconducting Wire Using an In Situ Processed Large Ingot.- Manufacture and Evaluation of Tin Core Modified Jelly Roll Cables for the US-DPC Coil.- Bronze-Route Nb3Sn Superconducting Wires with Improved Jc and Reduced Bridging.- An Internal Tin Conductor with Nb 1 wt% Ti Filaments.- Development of Niobium-Tin Conductors at ECN.- Experimental Research Nb3Sn-Based Corrugated Superconducting Tube.- Low Temperature Superconductors NbTi.- AC Loss Measurements of Two Multifilamentary NbTi Composite Strands.- AC Loss Measurements on NbTi Superconducting Wires for the Vamas Round Robin Test.- AC Losses in a Prototype NbTi Cable for the LHC Dipole Magnets.- AC Loss Measurements on Superconductors Using a (Low-Inductive) Coil Geometry.- VAMAS Intercomparison of AC Loss Measurement: Japanese Results.- Anomalous Low Hysteresis Losses in NbTi Superconductors with Very Fine Filaments.- Magnetic Characteristics and Measurements of Filamentary Nb-Ti Wire for the Superconducting Super Collider.- The Effect of Flux Creep on the Magnetization Field in the SSC Dipole Magnets.- Magnetic Studies of Proximity-Effect Coupling in a Very Closely Spaced Fine-Filament NbTi/CuMn Composite Superconductor.- Low Temperature Specific Heat and Magnetic Susceptibility of NbTi and NbTiMn Alloys.- Design of Coupled or Uncoupled Multifilamentary SSC-Type Strands with Almost Zero Retained Magnetization at Fields near 0.3 T.- Critical Field Enhancement due to Field Penetration in Fine-Filament Superconductors.- Proximity Effect on Flux Pinning Strength in Superconducting Nb-Ti with Thin ?-Ti Ribbons.- The Transition to the Normal State of a Stabilized Composite Superconductor.- A Study of Quench Current and Stability of High-Current Multi-Strand Cables Having a Cu or a CuNi Matrix.- Restricted, Novel Heat Treatments for Obtaining High Jc in Nb 46.5 wt% Ti.- Influence of Thermomechanical Working Schedules on Structure and Properties of HT-50 and HT-55 Superconductor Alloys.- Effects of Heat Treatments and of Processing Parameters on the Microstructure of Multifilamentary Nb-46.5 wt% Ti Superconductors.- NbTi Superconductors with Artificial Pinning Structures.- The Properties of Industrial Superconducting Composite Wires for the UNK Magnets.- Development of Large Keystone Angle Cable for Dipole Magnet with Ideal Arch Structure.- Low Temperature Superconductors Newer Materials.- Critical Current Densities of Sn-Doped PbMo6S8 Wires.- Effects of Hot Isostatic Pressing on Superconducting Properties of Nb/ss Sheathed PbMo6S8 Monofilamentary Wires.- Microstructure and Critical Current Densities of PbMo6S8 in Hot-Worked Mo-Sheathed Wires.- Effect of Axial Tensile and Transverse Compressive Stress on Jc and Bc2 of PbMo6S8 and SnMo6S8 Wires.- Improvements in High Field Properties of Continuous Ultrafine Nb3Al MF Superconductor.- Phase Formation and Critical Currents in PM Nb3Al Multifilamentary Wires.- Thin Film Preparation and Device Applications of Epitaxial MgO/NbN Multilayers.- High Temperature Superconductors YBCO.- Static and Time Dependent Magnetization Studies of Y1Ba2Cu3Oz Thin Films.- Magnetic Studies of YBaCuO Crystal Prepared by Quench and Melt Growth Process.- Flux Pinning and Percolation in High-Tc Oxide Superconductors.- Possible Proximity Matrix Route to High Current Conductors.- YBCO Superconductor Susceptibility in an Alternating Magnetic Field.- Magnetic Shielding Properties and Preparation of YBaCuO Superconducting Tubes.- Investigation of the Interface Between a Normal Metal and High Temperature Superconductor.- Effects of Annealing Treatment of Superconductivity in Powder Sintered YBCO.- Preparation of YBa2Cu3Ox Thin Films by Multisource Deposition.- Growth and Superconducting Properties of Y1Ba2Cu3O7-? Thin Films Sputtered on Flexible YSZ Substrates.- Thin Aluminum Oxide Films as Electrical Barriers Between Superconducting Y-Ba-Cu-O Layers.- Preparation of High-Tc Superconducting Thick Films by a Low Pressure Plasma Spraying.- Normal State Radiative Properties of Thin-Film High-Temperature Superconductors.- Josephson Effects in Point Contacts and Bridges Made of YBa2Cu3O7.- Preparation and Patterning of YBa2Cu3Ox Thin Films.- Suspension Spinning of High Tc Oxide Superconductor by Using Polyacrylnitrile.- Spatial Variations in the Transport Properties of YBa2Cu3O7-? Fibers.- A Study of Tape and Wire Processes for High Tc Superconductors.- Inexpensive High Tc Superconducting Wires.- Preliminary Chemical Study for the Manufacture of High Tc Superconducting Wires.- Some Studies of Ag/YBa2Cu3O7 Superconducting Composite Wire and Tape.- Effects of Bending Strain on the Critical Current Density in Superconducting YBa2Cu3Ox Multicore Wires.- Preliminary Design of a High-Temperature Superconducting Transmission Line.- High Temperature Superconductors Bi-Based.- Preparation of Bi(Pb)SrCaCuO Thin Film with High Tc Phase.- Stabilization of High-Tc Phase in Sputtered BiPbSrCaCuO Films by Post Anneal.- Superconducting Properties of Sintered Pb-Doped Bi Oxide Superconductor Prepared by an Intermediate Repressing Process.- Fabrication and Properties of Flexible Tapes of High-Tc Bi-(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconductors.- Studies on Bi-(Pb)-Sr-Ca-Cu-O Superconducting Tapes.- Superconducting Properties of Bi-Pb-Sr-Ca-Cu-O System.- Investigation of Noble Metal Substrates and Buffer Layers for BiSrCaCuO Thin Films.- Break Junction Tunneling Spectroscopy of Single Crystal Bismuth-Based High-Temperature Superconductors.- High Temperature Superconductors Other Ceramics.- Growth of Large (La1-xSrx)2 CuO4 Single Crystals and Reduction of Oxygen Deficit.- Influence of Doping by Microamount Technetium on Superconductivity and Mechanical Property for Thallium System.- Pb2Y0.5Ca0.5Sr2Cu3O8+x Superconducting Ceramics from glass Crystallization.- Pure Metal Cryoconductors.- The Origin and Future of Composite Aluminum Conductors.- Magnetoresistance in Composite Conductors.- Magnetoresistance of Multifilament Al/Al-Alloy Conductors.- Anomalous Magnetoresistance in Al/Al Alloy Composite Conductors.- Measurement of the Electrical Resistivity and Thermal Conductivity of High Purity Aluminum in Magnetic Fields.- Thermal Properties of Composite Aluminum Conductors in the Temperature Range 1330 K.- AC Loss in a Compos…