NbTi superconductors with variable compositions produced by diffusion reaction of niobium and titanium sheets

Baohai Xie, Xiaozu Wu, Zili Chen, Xianghong Liu, Baoquan Fu, Xiaodong Yang, Lian Zhou

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Abstract

Three different compositions of NbTi wires have been fabricated by using alternately pure Nb and Ti sheets with Ti contents from 42.5% to 56.6% by adjusting the relative thickness of the Nb and Ti sheets in the monofilaments. Two kinds of heating treatments were discussed and the Nb/Ti interface microstructure and diffusion morphology of cross-section have been investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The results show that the Jc values are 2800 A/mm2 at 5 T/4.2K and 4200 A/mm2 at 3 T/4.2 K. With the increase of Ti content, Jc is higher at low magnetic fields (< 5 T), but lower and decreasing rapidly at high magnetic fields. Jc decreases slight slowly for the lower Ti samples. At a given temperature, higher Jc can be gotten by using shorter time of heat treatment for the higher Ti samples, and by using longer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)876-880
Number of pages5
JournalXiyou Jinshu Cailiao Yu Gongcheng/Rare Metal Materials and Engineering
Volume34
Issue number6
StatePublished - Jun 2005
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Critical current densities (J)
  • Diffusion reaction
  • Heat treatment
  • NbTi superconductor

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