68.4 T pulsed magnet fabricated with a wire-wound metal-matrix Cu/Nb microcomposite

Author

Foner, S. ; Bobrov, E. ; Renaud, C. ; Gregory, E. ; Wong, J.

Author_Institution

Francis Bitter Nat. Magnet Lab., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

Volume

24

Issue

2

fYear

1988

fDate

3/1/1988 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1059

Lastpage

1062

Abstract

A description is given of a high-strength metal-matrix microcomposite Cu/Nb conductor used in a multilayer wire-wound pulsed field magnet. The 0.5-in inner diameter magnet was precompressed in a hardened-steel structure and cooled to 77 K. A maximum field of 68.4 T was generated for a 5.6-ms half-period at the maximum energy available with the available capacitor bank (100 kJ at 4 kV). The Cu/Nb microcomposite has an ultimate tensile strength (UTS) of 180 ksi at 77 K. The tradeoffs of UTS, temperature, conductor resistance, pulse time, and field volume versus energy are discussed. The manufacturing process of the Cu/Nb metal-matrix microcomposite is outlined. Examples of some recent experiments using this magnet are presented.

Keywords

coils; composite superconductors; copper; electromagnets; niobium; superconducting magnets; 100 kJ; 4 kV; 77 K; Cu-Nb microcomposite; capacitor bank; conductor resistance; field volume; maximum energy; pulsed field magnet; ultimate tensile strength; wire-wound metal-matrix; Boring; Capacitors; Conductors; Laboratories; Magnetic multilayers; Manufacturing; Niobium; Steel; Temperature; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.11411

Filename

11411