Grain boundary compositions, transport and flux pinning of multifilamentary Nb/sub 3/Sn wires

Author

Rodrigues, D., Jr. ; Thieme, C.L.H. ; Pinatti, D.G. ; Foner, S.

Author_Institution

Centro de Engenharia de Mater., Fac. de Engenharia Quimica de Lorena, Brazil

Volume

5

Issue

2

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1607

Lastpage

1610

Abstract

The concentrations of elements at the grain boundaries and inside the grains of the A15 phase were measured in a variety of commercial and laboratory Nb/sub 3/Sn, (Nb,Ta)/sub 3/Sn and (Nb,Ti)/sub 3/Sn multifilamentary wires. Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy (STEM) was used to determine the concentrations with high spatial resolution. The concentrations of Sn and Cu near the grain boundaries increased rapidly from their values inside the grains, while the Nb showed the opposite behavior. Ta substitutes Nb even near the grain boundary and Ti substitutes Nb and Sn. The results are compared with the EPMA analysis. Critical current densities in background fields of 2 to 23 tesla, B/sub c2/ versus temperature and T/sub c/ were measured for each sample.<>

Keywords

critical current density (superconductivity); electron microscopy; flux pinning; grain boundaries; multifilamentary superconductors; niobium alloys; scanning-transmission electron microscopy; tin alloys; (NbTa)/sub 3/Sn; (NbTi)/sub 3/Sn; 2 to 23 T; A15 phase; EPMA; Nb/sub 3/Sn; critical current densities; critical temperature; flux pinning; grain boundary compositions; multifilamentary Nb/sub 3/Sn wires; scanning transmission electron microscopy; transport; upper critical field; Flux pinning; Grain boundaries; Laboratories; Niobium; Phase measurement; Scanning electron microscopy; Spatial resolution; Tin; Transmission electron microscopy; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/77.402881

Filename

402881