skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Influences of Ti and In additives on the growth and superconducting properties of Nb/sub 3/Sn fabricated by the tin-enrichment diffusion method

Journal Article · · Chin. Phys.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5114804

Nb/sub 3/Sn multifilamentary superconducting composites have been fabricated by internal diffusion which proceeds between Nb tube and high-tin-concentration Cu-Sn, Cu-Sn-Ti, Cu-Sn-In alloys. The influences of diffusion heat treatment process and Ti or In additives on the growth dynamics, structure and superconducting properties of Nb/sub 3/Sn layer have been studied. The results show that the growth rate of the Nb/sub 3/Sn layer is increased by adequate addition of a third element Ti or In to the matrix, and the effect of Ti is more obvious than that of In. T/sub c/ peak of Ti-added samples appears when the addition of Ti to the matrix is 0.4 w/o, and it is 0.3/sup 0/K higher than that of the non-Ti sample. H/sub c//sub 2/(O) of Ti-added samples monotonically rises along with the increment of Ti added to the matrix, and, when the addition of Ti is 0.76 w/o, H/sub c//sub 2/(O) of the sample is as high as about 29T, while that of the non-Ti sample is only about 21T. In 15T pulsed back-field, J/sub c/ (non Cu, 4.2/sup 0/K) of the Ti-added sample and In-added sample reach 6 x 10/sup 4/ A cm/sup -2/ and 2.5 x 10/sup 4/ A cm/sup -2/, respectively.

Research Organization:
Shanghai Institute of Metallurgy, Academia Sinica
OSTI ID:
5114804
Journal Information:
Chin. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 6:3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English