• DocumentCode
    961631
  • Title

    A quench-age method for the fabrication of Nb(Al) superconductors

  • Author

    Ciardella, R.L. ; Dariel, M.P. ; Wang, J.L.-F. ; Pickus, M.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Hewlett-Packard, San Diego, CA
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    1/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    832
  • Lastpage
    833
  • Abstract
    The possibility of taking advantage of the extended, high temperature solid solubility of Al in Nb in order to produce composite Nb-Nb3Al superconductors was investigated. Rapid quenching after an elevated (1950°C) solution treatment makes it possible to retain at room temperature a metastable solid solution containing up to 21 at.% Al. The solid solution transforms into the A-15 phase in the course of a short and relatively low temperature(1000°C) aging treatment. The inductively measured onset of superconductivity was 17.6 K in a 100 μm thick core of Nb3Al embedded in a Nb matrix and prepared by the quench-age method.
  • Keywords
    Superconducting materials; Aging; Annealing; Composite materials; Fabrication; High temperature superconductors; Metastasis; Niobium; Solids; Superconductivity; Temperature distribution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.1977.1059380
  • Filename
    1059380
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=961631