Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connection structure of an oxide superconducting wire which prevents reduction of superconducting characteristics caused by infiltration of moisture at an end portion.SOLUTION: A connection structure of a pair of oxide superconducting wires comprises an oxide superconducting laminate including a tape-like base material, a middle layer and an oxide superconducting layer, and a stabilizing layer which covers at least the oxide superconducting layer. The connection structure has: the pair of oxide superconducting wires whose end portions are adjacently arranged in a facing manner; an oxide superconducting wire for connection which has a laminate structure equal to the pair of oxide superconducting wires and is arranged bridging between end portions of the pair of oxide superconducting wires so as to stride the end portions; a conductive bonding material which bonds the pair of oxide superconducting wires and the oxide superconducting wire for connection; and a covering member which covers the pair of oxide superconducting wires and the oxide superconducting wire for connection at a portion bonded by the conductive bonding material, and an outer periphery of the pair of oxide superconducting wires at both sides portions in a longitudinal direction of the bonded portion, via a bonding layer.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oxide superconductive wire material capable of preventing the deterioration of the superconductive characteristic due to invasions of water into terminal portions thereof; and a connection structure of the oxide superconductive wire materials.SOLUTION: The provided oxide superconductive wire material is an oxide superconductive wire material comprising: an oxide superconductive laminate possessing a tape-shaped substrate, an intermediate layer, and an oxide superconductive layer; and a stabilization layer covering at least the oxide superconductive layer side of the former. The longitudinal terminal portion of the oxide superconductive laminate is covered with a distal end coating layer including Ag. Moreover, the provided connection structure of oxide superconductive wire materials is a connection structure of oxide superconductive wire materials obtained by connecting one of the oxide superconductive wire materials to the other and possessing, in addition to a pair of oxide superconductive wire materials, oxide superconductive wire materials for connection each having a structure identical to that of the former in a state where the oxide superconductive wire materials for connection are joined while straddling and bridging the first and second oxide superconductive wire materials arranged while mutually adjacent members of the respective longitudinal terminal portions thereof oppose one another.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a connection structure of an oxide superconductive wire material and its manufacturing method.SOLUTION: There is provided a connection structure of an oxide superconductive wire material 30 which a pair of oxide superconductive wire materials 2 and 3 obtained by laminating an intermediate layer 11, an oxide superconductive wire layer 12 and a stabilization layer 14 on a tape-like base material 10 is joined each other, the stabilization layers 14 and 14 near each ends 2a and 3a of a pair of the oxide superconductive wire material 2 and 3 are arranged to form an overlapping part 50 by facing each other, a connection area 51 connected by a conductive joint material 22 at least a part of the overlapping part 50 is formed, and non-connection area 52 not connected by a conductive connection material having a length in the longer direction of 1 mm to 100 mm at least at a part of end in the longer direction in the overlapping part 50.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide the connection structure of oxide superconductive conductors in which deterioration in the characteristics of oxide superconductive layers is not caused even if bending stress is applied to connected parts, and a superconductive cable and a superconductive apparatus provided with the structure.SOLUTION: This invention is characterized in that, in a structure where a tape-shaped base material is laminated with an intermediate layer, oxide superconductive layers and metal stabilization layers, the edge parts of the first and second superconductive conductors are mutually adjacent in such a manner that the metal stabilization layers are mutually superimposed, and the superimposed parts of the metal stabilization layers are joined with conductive joining materials having a Young's modulus of less than 41.4×10N/m.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an oxide superconductive wire provided with a cap layer having excellent crystal orientation while keeping high productivity and its production method.SOLUTION: An oxide superconductive wire comprises: a base material; and an alignment layer, a cap layer, and an oxide superconductive layer, each of which is formed on the base material. The alignment layer is composed of MgO and formed by an ion beam assisted vapor deposition method. The cap layer consists of a lower cap layer formed on the alignment layer and an upper cap layer formed on the lower cap layer. The lower cap layer consists of a thin film of a thickness of 4 nm or greater formed by one of a laser vapor deposition method, an ion beam sputtering method, an electron beam vapor deposition method, a chemical gas-phase vapor deposition method, a long-distance sputtering method, a counter target type sputtering method and an ECR sputtering method, and the upper cap layer consists of a thin film formed by a sputtering method with the lower cap layer exposed to plasma. The lower cap layer and the upper cap layer are composed of the same material.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide oxide superconductive wire rods, a connection structure of the oxide superconductive wire rods, and a connection method therefor.SOLUTION: Provided is a connection structure of the first and second oxide superconductive wire rods formed in such a manner that, in an oxide superconductive laminate obtained by laminating an intermediate layer, oxide superconductive layers and stabilization layers on a tape-shaped base material, the edge parts to be connected are formed in a state of being covered with a plating covering layer. The stabilization layers of the vicinities of the mutual edge parts of the first and second oxide superconductive wire rods are arranged so as to be confronted, and the stabilization layers in the vicinities of the edge parts and the plating covering layer are joined by conductive joining materials.