Electromechanical properties of superconductors for DOE fusion applications
This is an interim report presenting data on superconductor performance under mechanical load, which are needed for the selection of superconductors and the mechanical design of superconducting magnets for DOE fusion energy systems. A further aim of the reported research is to measure and understand the electromechanical properties of promising new superconductor materials with strong application potential at high magnetic fields. Results include the following. The first strain vs. critical-current studies were made on a Chevrel-phase superconductor, PbMo/sub 6/S/sub 8/. Chevrel-phase superconductors were found to have a large strain effect, comparable in magnitude to A-15 superconductors like Nb/sub 3/Sn. Electromechanical-property measurements of an experimental liquid-tin-infiltrated Nb/sub 3/Sn conductor showed it to have an irreversible strain limit twice as large as bronze-process supercondutors and a significantly higher overall critical-current denstiy; the liquid-infiltration process thus has the potential for development of a practical Nb/sub 3/Sn conductors with both superior critical-current density and extremely good mechanical properties. Electromechanical parameters were obtained on several Nb/sub 3/Sn conductors that are candidate materials for superconducting fusion magnets, icluding conductors fabricated by the bronze, internal-tin, and jelly-roll processes. Thermal contraction data are reported on several new structural materials for superconductor sheathing and reinforcement, and a new diagnostic tool for probing the energy gap of practical superconductors has been developed using electron tunneling.
- Research Organization:
- National Bureau of Standards, Boulder, CO (USA). Center for Electronics and Electrical Engineering
- DOE Contract Number:
- AI01-84ER52113
- OSTI ID:
- 6967917
- Report Number(s):
- NBSIR-86-3044; ON: DE87002760
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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