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Title: Quench properties of high current superconductors

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6802467

A technique has been developed which allows the simultaneous determination of most of the important parameters of a high current superconductor. The critical current, propagation velocity, normal state resistivity, magnetoresistance, and enthalpy are determined as a function of current and applied field. The measurements are made on non-inductive samples which simulate conditions in full scale magnets. For wide, braided conductors the propagation velocity was found to vary approximately quadratically with current in the 2 to 5 kA region. A number of conductors have been tested including some Nb/sub 3/Sn braids which have critical currents in excess of 10 kA at 5 T, 4.2 K.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76CH00016
OSTI ID:
6802467
Report Number(s):
BNL-28378; CONF-800980-22; TRN: 80-019064
Resource Relation:
Conference: Applied superconductivity conference, Santa Fe, NM, USA, 29 Sep 1980
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English