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Title: Evaluation of critical current density and residual resistance ratio limits in powder in tube Nb3Sn conductors

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High critical current density (Jc) Nb3Sn A15 multifilamentary wires require a large volume fraction of small grain, superconducting A15 phase, as well as Cu stabilizer with high Residual Resistance Ratio (RRR) to provide electromagnetic stabilization and protection. In Powder-in-Tube (PIT) wires the unreacted Nb7.5wt.%Ta outer layer of the tubular filaments acts as a diffusion barrier and protects the interfilamentary Cu stabilizer from Sn contamination. A high RRR requirement generally imposes a restricted A15 reaction heat treatment (HT) to prevent localized full reaction of the filament that could allow Sn to reach the Cu. In this paper we investigate recent high quality PIT wires that achieve a Jc(12 T, 4.2 K) up to ~2500 A/mm-2 and find that the minimum diffusion barrier thickness decreases as the filament aspect ratio increases from ~1 in the inner rings of filaments to 1.3 in the outer filament rings. We found that just 2-3 diffusion barrier breaches can degrade RRR from 300 to 150 or less. Using progressive etching of the Cu we also found that the RRR degradation is localized near the external filaments where deformation is highest. Consequently minimizing filament distortion during strand fabrication is important for reducing RRR degradation. The additional challengemore » of developing the highest possible Jc must be addressed by forming the maximum fraction of high Jc small-grain (SG) A15 and minimizing low Jc large-grain (LG) A15 morphologies. Finally, in one wire we found that 15% of the filaments had a significantly enhanced SG/LG A15 ratio and no residual A15 in the core, a feature that opens a path to substantial Jc improvement.« less

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  1. Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). Applied Superconductivity Center, NHMFL
  2. Bruker EAS GmbH, Hanau (Germany)
  3. European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland)
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Research Org.:
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP); National Science Foundation (NSF); CERN; State of Florida (United States)
Contributing Org.:
European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva (Switzerland); Bruker EAS GmbH, Hanau (Germany)
OSTI Identifier:
1271124
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1256530
Report Number(s):
DOE-NHMFL-41451
Journal ID: ISSN 0953-2048; FG02-07ER41451
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012083; FG02-07ER41451; KE1920; KN2713; NSF/DMR-1157490
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Superconductor Science and Technology
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 29; Journal Issue: 8; Related Information: The PIT strand was supplied to us by the US LHC Accelerator Research Program (LARP), which is a BNL, FNAL, LBNL, and SLAC collaboration with CERN for the High Luminosity LHC program: http://www.uslarp.org/; Journal ID: ISSN 0953-2048
Publisher:
IOP Publishing
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; A15; Nb3Sn; microstructure; superconducting wires

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Segal, Christopher, Tarantini, Chiara, Sung, Zu Hawn, Lee, Peter J., Sailer, Bernd, Thoener, Manfred, Schlenga, Klaus, Ballarino, Amalia, Bottura, Luca, Bordini, Bernardo, Scheuerlein, Christian, and Larbalestier, David C.. Evaluation of critical current density and residual resistance ratio limits in powder in tube Nb3Sn conductors. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1088/0953-2048/29/8/085003.
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Segal, Christopher, Tarantini, Chiara, Sung, Zu Hawn, Lee, Peter J., Sailer, Bernd, Thoener, Manfred, Schlenga, Klaus, Ballarino, Amalia, Bottura, Luca, Bordini, Bernardo, Scheuerlein, Christian, & Larbalestier, David C.. Evaluation of critical current density and residual resistance ratio limits in powder in tube Nb3Sn conductors. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-2048/29/8/085003
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Segal, Christopher, Tarantini, Chiara, Sung, Zu Hawn, Lee, Peter J., Sailer, Bernd, Thoener, Manfred, Schlenga, Klaus, Ballarino, Amalia, Bottura, Luca, Bordini, Bernardo, Scheuerlein, Christian, and Larbalestier, David C.. Fri . "Evaluation of critical current density and residual resistance ratio limits in powder in tube Nb3Sn conductors". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-2048/29/8/085003. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1271124.
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@article{osti_1271124,
title = {Evaluation of critical current density and residual resistance ratio limits in powder in tube Nb3Sn conductors},
author = {Segal, Christopher and Tarantini, Chiara and Sung, Zu Hawn and Lee, Peter J. and Sailer, Bernd and Thoener, Manfred and Schlenga, Klaus and Ballarino, Amalia and Bottura, Luca and Bordini, Bernardo and Scheuerlein, Christian and Larbalestier, David C.},
abstractNote = {High critical current density (Jc) Nb3Sn A15 multifilamentary wires require a large volume fraction of small grain, superconducting A15 phase, as well as Cu stabilizer with high Residual Resistance Ratio (RRR) to provide electromagnetic stabilization and protection. In Powder-in-Tube (PIT) wires the unreacted Nb7.5wt.%Ta outer layer of the tubular filaments acts as a diffusion barrier and protects the interfilamentary Cu stabilizer from Sn contamination. A high RRR requirement generally imposes a restricted A15 reaction heat treatment (HT) to prevent localized full reaction of the filament that could allow Sn to reach the Cu. In this paper we investigate recent high quality PIT wires that achieve a Jc(12 T, 4.2 K) up to ~2500 A/mm-2 and find that the minimum diffusion barrier thickness decreases as the filament aspect ratio increases from ~1 in the inner rings of filaments to 1.3 in the outer filament rings. We found that just 2-3 diffusion barrier breaches can degrade RRR from 300 to 150 or less. Using progressive etching of the Cu we also found that the RRR degradation is localized near the external filaments where deformation is highest. Consequently minimizing filament distortion during strand fabrication is important for reducing RRR degradation. The additional challenge of developing the highest possible Jc must be addressed by forming the maximum fraction of high Jc small-grain (SG) A15 and minimizing low Jc large-grain (LG) A15 morphologies. Finally, in one wire we found that 15% of the filaments had a significantly enhanced SG/LG A15 ratio and no residual A15 in the core, a feature that opens a path to substantial Jc improvement.},
doi = {10.1088/0953-2048/29/8/085003},
journal = {Superconductor Science and Technology},
number = 8,
volume = 29,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {6}
}
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