Method of making V.sub.3 Ga superconductors

Patent · 31 December 1979

OSTI ID:863624

Dew-Hughes, David ^[1]

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1. Bellport, NY

An improved method for producing a vanadium-gallium superconductor wire having aluminum as a component thereof is disclosed, said wire being encased in a gallium bearing copper sheath. The superconductors disclosed herein may be fabricated under normal atmospheres and room temperatures by forming a tubular shaped billet having a core composed of an alloy of vanadium and aluminum and an outer sheath composed of an alloy of copper, gallium and aluminum. Thereafter the entire billet is swage reduced to form a wire therefrom and heat treated to form a layer of V.sub.3 Ga in the interior of the wire.

• Research Organization: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-02-0016
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4215465
• OSTI ID: 863624
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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