Abstract:
In a method for producing Nb.sub.3 Sn superconductors which comprises forming a composite consisting of a core portion and a sheath portion surrounding said core portion, said sheath portion being composed of a Cu-Sn alloy, and said core portion being composed of a Nb metal; elongating said composite; and heat-treating the resulting elongated composite to form an Nb.sub.3 Sn layer between said sheath and core portions; the improvement wherein the Cu-Sn alloy contains 1 to 20 atomic percent of Sn and the Nb metal is an Nb alloy containing 0.1 to 30 atomic percent of Hf.
Abstract:
A RELATIVELY DUCTILE HARD-SUPERCONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND A METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME WHEREIN A MATRIX MATERIAL (I.E. CR) CONTAINING AN EMBEDDED MATERIAL (I.E. NB) CAPABLE OF COMBINING WITH O2, N2 OR MIXTURE THEREOF TO FORM A HARD-SUPERCONDUCTIVE COMPOUND IS ANNEATED IN A GAS OF O2, N2 OR A MIXTURE THEREOF AT TIME-TEMPERATUREPRESSURE CONDITIONS SO THAT THE GAS COMBINES WITH THE EMBEDDED MATERIAL TO FORM A HARD-SUPERCONDUCTIVE COMPOUND WITHIN THE MATRIX MATERIAL.
Abstract:
Described is an article comprising a biaxially textured metal substrate and a layer of palladium deposited on at least one major surface of the metal substrate; wherein the palladium layer has desired in-plane and out-of-plane crystallographic orientations, which allow subsequent layers that are applied on the article to also have the desired orientations.
Abstract:
The aluminum conductor having increase of its electric resistivity kept small at ultra low temperature of 30.degree. K. or lower even after cyclic strain is given at ultra low temperature, by controlling the crystal structure of the high purity aluminum conductor with purity of 99.9-99.9999 wt %. The crystal structure consist of (i) a veritable single or a substantially single crystal consisting of a bundle of sub-grains which have their crystal axes in the same direction or in the directions within a couple of degrees of deviation as a whole which has a specific crystal axis of or or the crystal axes close thereto in the longitudinal direction of the aluminum conductor, or (ii) a polycrystal most of which grains have respective specific crystal axes of and/or , or the crystal axes close thereto with respect to each grain in the longitudinal direction of the aluminum conductor, and have specific grain size of 0.01 mm to 3.0 mm.
Abstract:
A method for producing a superconductor includes the steps of combining a plurality of metal bodies to form a composite structure, metal bodies being selected from transition metals such as niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium, hafnium and vanadium, alternate bodies being formed of different transition metals to form triplets. The transition metals are reacted to form a ductile superconducting ternary alloy at the interfaces of these triplets of metals. The extent of the reaction is limited so as to maintain areas of pure or nearly pure transition metal along with the superconducting ternary alloy in at least one of each triplet of transition metals.
Abstract:
An Nb—Sn compound superconducting wire precursor comprising a matrix of a Cu-base metal, a plurality of composite filaments each composed of a niobium layer of an Nb-base metal and a titanium layer of pure Ti formed so as to be enveloped in the inside of the niobium layer, and Sn diffused in the matrix by heat treatment so as to be combined with the niobium layer to form a compound, the plurality of composite filaments being embedded in the matrix so as not to be in contact with one another. Further, disclosed is a method for producing the precursor comprising the steps of: forming a plurality of composite filament materials each composed of a niobium material of an Nb-base metal and a titanium material of pure Ti formed so as to be enveloped in the inside of the niobium material; forming a composite rod in which the plurality of composite filament materials are arranged in a matrix of a Cu-base metal so as not to be in contact with one another, the matrix containing Sn capable of being diffused by heat treatment so as to be combined with the niobium material to form a compound; and drawing the composite rod.
Abstract:
The aluminum conductor having increase of its electric resistivity kept small at ultra low temperature of 30.degree. K. or lower even after cyclic strain is given at ultra low temperature, by controlling the crystal structure of the high purity aluminum conductor with purity of 99.9-99.9999 wt % so as to consist of (i) a veritable single or a substantially single crystal consisting of a bundle of sub-grains which have their crystal axes in the same direction or in the directions within a couple of degrees of deviation as a whole which has a specific crystal axis of or or the crystal axes close thereto in the longitudinal direction of the aluminum conductor, or (ii) a polycrystal most of which grains have respective specific crystal axes of and/or , or the crystal axes close thereto with respect to each grain in the longitudinal direction of the aluminum conductor, and have specific grain size of 0.01 mm to 3.0 mm.