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Composite aluminum conductor for pulsed-power applications at cryogenic temperatures and method of its manufacture

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6968664
The conductor contains high-purity aluminum embedded in an aluminum-iron-cerium alloy matrix. It is not superconducting but still has extremely low electrical resistance at service temperatures. Selection of the aluminum-base alloy matrix with diffusionless alloying elements (iron and cerium) allows production of a multifilamentary conductor with the aluminum filaments maintaining their original high purity and consequently their very low electrical resistivity, even after a high-temperature annealing cycle is applied. The composite conductor has good properties for both electromagnetic and thermal diffusion, which are critical to high-power, fast-pulse operation.
Assignee:
Dept. of the Air Force, Washington, DC
Patent Number(s):
None
OSTI ID:
6968664
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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