Low thermal conductive Bi-2223 tapes sheathed with Ag-Au alloys
- Iwate Univ., Morioka (Japan)
- Hitachi Cable, Ltd., Tsuchiura (Japan). Advanced Research Center
With the view of applying to power current leads for superconducting magnet systems and for other cryogenic power handling systems, low thermal conductive Bi-2223 superconducting tapes sheathed with Ag-Au alloy were measured from 12 to 260K. The critical current density (overall-J) was about 1,700A/cm{sup 2} at 77K, 0T and remained nearly constant irrespective of Au concentration up to 11 at %. The tape sheathed with Ag + 11at.% Au alloy, of which the superconductor cross-section ratio f{sub sc} was 0.65, had a thermal conductivity value about 0.2W/cmK at 77K. This value is as low as that of Cu-Zu. It was found that the thermal conductivity of the tape was close to the calculated one based on f{sub sc} and the independently measured thermal conductivities of the Ag-Au alloy and the Bi-2223 superconductor. The superconducting tapes sheathed with the alloy were confirmed to be suitable for the application as power current leads.
- OSTI ID:
- 49637
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-930926--
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Journal Name: IEEE Transactions on Magnetics Journal Issue: 4Pt2 Vol. 30; ISSN IEMGAQ; ISSN 0018-9464
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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