Superconducting magnet wire

Patent · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:865738

Schuller, Ivan K ^[1]; Ketterson, John B ^[2]; Banerjee, Indrajit ^[3]

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1. Woodridge, IL
2. Evanston, IL
3. San Jose, CA

A superconducting tape or wire with an improved critical field is formed of alternating layers of a niobium-containing superconductor such as Nb, NbTi, Nb.sub.3 Sn or Nb.sub.3 Ge with a thickness in the range of about 0.5-1.5 times its coherence length, supported and separated by layers of copper with each copper layer having a thickness in the range of about 170-600 .ANG..

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• Assignee: United States of America as represented by United States (Washington, DC)
• Patent Number(s): US 4564564
• OSTI ID: 865738
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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