High specific heat superconducting composite

Patent · 01 January 1979

OSTI ID:863437

A composite superconductor formed from a high specific heat ceramic such as gadolinium oxide or gadolinium-aluminum oxide and a conventional metal conductor such as copper or aluminum which are insolubly mixed together to provide adiabatic stability in a superconducting mode of operation. The addition of a few percent of insoluble gadolinium-aluminum oxide powder or gadolinium oxide powder to copper, increases the measured specific heat of the composite by one to two orders of magnitude below the 5.degree. K. level while maintaining the high thermal and electrical conductivity of the conventional metal conductor.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM
• Assignee: United State of America as represented by U. S. Department of (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4171464
• OSTI ID: 863437
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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