• DocumentCode
    1061532
  • Title

    A Superconducting Joint Technique for {\\rm MgB}_{2} Round Wires

  • Author

    Yao, Weijun ; Bascuñán, Juan ; Hahn, Seungyong ; Iwasa, Yukikazu

  • Author_Institution
    FBML/MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    2261
  • Lastpage
    2264
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a technique to superconductively splice multifilament MgB2 wires. To date the technique has achieved joints capable of carrying a superconducting current of 200 A at 10 K in self field. Joints details, as well as testing methods and results are presented here.
  • Keywords
    heat treatment; magnesium compounds; multifilamentary superconductors; superconducting coils; superconducting magnets; superconducting materials; superconducting transition temperature; MgB2; NMR magnet; current 200 A; heat treatment; superconducting current; superconducting joint technique; superconducting magnet; superconducting transition temperature; superconductively spliced multifilament wires; temperature 10 K; ${rm MgB}_{2}$ superconductor; HTS/LTS magnet; NMR magnet; persistent mode;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1051-8223
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TASC.2009.2019063
  • Filename
    5067258