Effects of diffusion barrier on the magnetization cycles of Nb/sub 3/Sn strand for ITER conductor

Author

Gislon, P. ; Chiarelli, S. ; Spadoni, M. ; Bottura, L. ; Conti, S. ; Garre, R.

Author_Institution

Centro Ricerche Energia Frascati, ENEA, Rome, Italy

Volume

5

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1917

Lastpage

1920

Abstract

High performance Nb/sub 3/Sn strands for the high field ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) magnets have been manufactured using diffusion barriers among the multifilamentary cores and the stabilizing copper. In the conductor development programme, billets using a single Ta or a double NbV barrier have been assembled. The barrier is shown to have an influence on magnetization characteristics. The measurements on samples from the two types of strands are shown and analyzed to correlate them with the magnetic behaviour of Nb at low field. The results show that at low field hysteretic losses are greatly increased by the pure Nb of the barrier. At high field, losses of samples with Ta barrier are larger, due to their higher J/sub c/.<>

Keywords

critical current density (superconductivity); diffusion barriers; fusion reactor design; fusion reactor materials; fusion reactors; magnetic hysteresis; magnetic leakage; magnetisation; multifilamentary superconductors; niobium alloys; superconducting device testing; superconducting magnets; tin alloys; type II superconductors; ITER conductor; International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor; Nb/sub 3/Sn; Nb/sub 3/Sn strand; billets; critical current density; diffusion barrier; fusion reactor; high field; high performance strands; hysteretic losses; low field; magnetization cycles; multifilamentary cores; superconducting magnets; type II superconductor; Billets; Conductors; Copper; Inductors; Magnetic cores; Magnetization; Magnets; Manufacturing; Niobium; Tin;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.402957

Filename

402957