摘要:
A process for forming a porous electrolytic compact by establishing multiple valve metal components in a billet (20) of a ductile metal. The composite billet is worked through a series of diameter reduction steps (22, 24, 30), to form the components into elongated elements, each element having a thickness less than 5 microns. The last diameter reduction step (32) is accomplished with the elements being surrounded by a confining layer of valve metal.
摘要:
A type II superconducting alloy which is superconducting at a predetermined high magnetic field is prepared by creating a composite having a periodic arrangement of at least two transition metals so as to provide numerous interfaces between the different transition metals including niobium, titanium, zirconium, vanadium, hafnium, and tantalum, and alloys thereof. The combination of transition metals is such that one of the metals will serve as a second phase when the layers are subjected to temperatures which would produce a two-phase equilibrium state from a solid solution alloy of the transition metals. The composite is mechanically reduced and heated to cause interdiffusion of the transition metals to form ductile superconducting alloy zones at the interfaces of the transition metals. Sufficient heat treatment is provided in the region where two phases exist in the phase diagram to form two phases, one phase being the desired superconducting Type II alloy and the other phase being the non-superconducting normal metal or alloy. The temperature of heat treatment is limited to the two-phase region. Thereafter, the composite is mechanically reduced so that the two zones are each less than about 1,000 nm in thickness.
摘要:
An electrically active electrode material for use with a lithium ion cell, a lithium ion cell, and a method for forming the electrochemically active material electrode material are described. The electrode material is in the form of a sheet or mat formed of a valve metal material formed of filaments of a valve metal not larger than about 10 microns in cross section, and coated with an electrochemically active material such as silicon nanoparticles.
摘要:
A superconducting material useful for forming electrolytic devices is made by establishing multiple niobium or tantalum components in a primary billet of a ductile material; working the primary billet through a series of reduction steps to form the niobium or tantalum components into elongated elements; cutting and restacking the resulting elongated elements with a porous confining layer to form a secondary billet, working the secondary billet through a series of reduction steps including twisting and final rolling to thin ribbon cross-sections with greater than 5:1 Aspect Ratios; cutting the resulting elongated billet into sections; and leaching the core and sheath at least in part.
摘要:
A niobium-based superconductor is manufactured by establishing multiple niobium components (4) in a billet of a ductile metal, working the composite billet through a series of reduction steps to form the niobium components into elongated elements, each niobium element having a thickness on the order of 1 to 25 microns, surrounding the billet prior to the last reduction step with a porous confining layer of an acid resistant metal (7), immersing the confined billet in an acid or a high temperature liquid metal to remove the ductile metal from between the niobium elements while the niobium elements remain confined by said porous layer, exposing the confined mass of niobium elements to a material capable of reacting with Nb to form a superconductor.
摘要:
A superconducting article has a matrix core (1) containing a superconductor (2), a copper stabilizer layer (4) disposed about the core (1), and an insulating layer (5) surrounding the copper stabilizer layer (4). The insulating layer (5) is a metallurgically bonded layer of a refractory metal selected from Nb, Ta, V, and Mo.
摘要:
A superconductor is produced by the steps of combining a plurality of layers of metal sheets to form a composite structure. The sheets are pure transition metals-niobium, titanium, zirconium, or vanadium, or alloys thereof alternate sheets being formed of different transition metals or alloys. The resulting composite structure is mechanically reduced sufficiently so that each transition metal sheet is less than 1000 ANGSTROM thick. In the course of reduction, the composite is subjected to sufficient temperatures for sufficient times such that the transition metal layers are at least partially reacted to form a ductile superconducting material between the transition metal layers. Some of the transition metal layers remain sufficiently unreacted that they remain non superconducting. These unreacted layers afford efficient flux pinning within the composite when the layers are reduced to the less than 1000 ANGSTROM final size. In other embodiments, powders and filaments can be used instead of initial layers. Binary or ternary superconducting alloys can be formed.