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High-Performance Bi-2212 Round Wires Made With Recent Powders

Journal Article · · IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
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  1. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab); Florida State University
  2. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)
  3. Bruker OST, Carteret, NJ (United States)
  4. nGimat LLC, Lexington, KY (United States)
  5. MetaMateria, Columbus, OH (United States)
  6. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Multifilamentary Bi2Sr2CaCu2Ox (Bi-2212) wire made by the powder-in-tube technique is the only high-temperature superconductor made in the round shape preferred by magnet builders. The critical current density (JC) of Bi-2212 round wire was improved significantly by the development of overpressure heat treatment in the past few years. Bi-2212 wire is commercially available in multiple architectures and kilometer-long pieces and is a very promising conductor for very high-field NMR and accelerator magnets. Here, we studied the effects of precursor powder and heat treatment conditions on the superconducting properties and microstructure of recent Bi-2212 wires. Short samples of recent wire with optimized overpressure processing showed JC (4.2 K, 15 T) = 6640 A/mm2 and JC (4.2 K, 30 T) = 4670 A/mm2, which correspond to engineering critical current densities JE (4.2 K, 15 T) = 1320 A/mm2 and JE (4.2 K, 30 T) = 930 A/mm2.

Research Organization:
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0010421
OSTI ID:
1825522
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1975398
Journal Information:
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 29; ISSN 1051-8223
Publisher:
IEEECopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Process to densify Bi 2 Sr 2 CaCu 2 O X round wire with overpressure before coil winding and final overpressure heat treatment journal January 2020
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