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Title: Wrapping process for fabrication of A-15 superconducting composite wires

Abstract

A method for fabricating superconducting wires wherein a billet of copper containing filaments of niobium or vanadium is rolled to form a strip which is wrapped about a tin-alloy core to form a composite. The alloy is a tin-copper alloy for niobium filaments and a gallium-copper alloy for vanadium filaments. The composite is then drawn down to a desired wire size and heat treated. During the heat treatment process, the tin in the bronze reacts with the niobium to form the superconductor niobium tin. In the case where vanadium is used, the gallium in the gallium bronze reacts with the vanadium to form the superconductor vanadium gallium. This new process eliminates the costly annealing steps, external tin plating and drilling of bronze ingots required in a number of prior art processes.

Inventors:
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Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6532735
Assignee:
Dept. of Energy
DOE Contract Number:  
AC02-76CH00016
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; SUPERCONDUCTING WIRES; FABRICATION; COPPER; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; TIN ALLOYS; GALLIUM ALLOYS; VANADIUM ALLOYS; ALLOYS; ELEMENTS; METALS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; WIRES; 420201* - Engineering- Cryogenic Equipment & Devices

Citation Formats

Suenaga, M, Klamut, C J, and Luhman, T S. Wrapping process for fabrication of A-15 superconducting composite wires. United States: N. p., 1980. Web.
Suenaga, M, Klamut, C J, & Luhman, T S. Wrapping process for fabrication of A-15 superconducting composite wires. United States.
Suenaga, M, Klamut, C J, and Luhman, T S. 1980. "Wrapping process for fabrication of A-15 superconducting composite wires". United States.
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title = {Wrapping process for fabrication of A-15 superconducting composite wires},
author = {Suenaga, M and Klamut, C J and Luhman, T S},
abstractNote = {A method for fabricating superconducting wires wherein a billet of copper containing filaments of niobium or vanadium is rolled to form a strip which is wrapped about a tin-alloy core to form a composite. The alloy is a tin-copper alloy for niobium filaments and a gallium-copper alloy for vanadium filaments. The composite is then drawn down to a desired wire size and heat treated. During the heat treatment process, the tin in the bronze reacts with the niobium to form the superconductor niobium tin. In the case where vanadium is used, the gallium in the gallium bronze reacts with the vanadium to form the superconductor vanadium gallium. This new process eliminates the costly annealing steps, external tin plating and drilling of bronze ingots required in a number of prior art processes.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6532735}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1980},
month = {Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 EDT 1980}
}