Title :
Low temperature irradiations of Nb3Sn with 14- MeV neutrons
Author :
Scanlan, R.M. ; Raymond, E.L.
Author_Institution :
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA
fDate :
1/1/1979 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
High energy neutron irradiations have been performed on Nb3Sn superconductors to assess their behavior in a fusion reactor environment. Irradiations were performed at 4.2 K and property measurements were made without warming the samples. The critical current Icincreased with irradiation to a level about 50% above the unirradiated value at the highest fluences reached in our experiments. These results are compared with the results of other low temperature irradiations of Nb3Sn.
Keywords :
Metal radiation effects; Neutron radiation effects; Superconducting device radiation effects; Critical current; Fusion reactors; Laboratories; Magnets; Neutrons; Niobium; Niobium-tin; Superconductivity; Temperature; Wires;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.1979.1060144