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Compendium of practical Nb3Sn conductor properties and data
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Superconductor Science and Technology, 2016 Topical Review: “Unified scaling law for flux pinning in practical superconductors: Part 2. Parameter testing, scaling constants, and the extrapolative scaling expression,” by Jack W. Ekin, Najib Cheggour, Loren Goodrich, Jolene Splett, Bernardo Bordini, and David Richter, Supercond. Sci. Technol., vol. 29, no. 12, Art. No. 123002
Superconductor Science and Technology, 2017 Topical Review: “Unified scaling law for flux pinning in practical superconductors: Part 3. Extrapolations from minimum datasets and applications of the extrapolative scaling expression,” by Jack W. Ekin, Najib Cheggour, Loren Goodrich, and Jolene Splett, Supercond. Sci. Technol., vol. 30, no. 3, Art. No. 033005
Table A1. Properties of the Nb3Sn conductors analyzed in this study.
Conductor | Type | Jc | Application | # Sub Elements,
Diffusion barrier |
Cu : Non-Cu ratio | Doping | Diam. (mm) | Reference | |
A1.1 | Oxford Superconducting Technology* | Internal tin (RRP®) | High | HL-LHC & NMR | 54,
Nb distributed |
0.855 | Ta 7.5 wt% | 0.7 | Present article |
A1.2 | Western Superconducting Technology* | Internal tin | Moderate | ITER-TF | 19,
Ta single |
1.031 | Ti | 0.82 | Present article |
A1.3 | Luvata | Internal tin | Moderate | ITER-TF | 19,
Ta single |
1.1 | Ti
~2 wt% |
0.83 | Goodrich (2009)
Cheggour et al. (2014) |
A1.4 | Vacuumschmelze | Bronze | Moderate | ITER | 0.81 | Taylor and Hampshire (2005)† | |||
A1.5 | Oxford Superconducting Technology | Internal tin | Moderate | ITER-TF | Ta single | 1.5 | Ti
1.5% |
0.81 | Goodrich and Stauffer (2005) |
A1.6 | Furukawa | Bronze | Moderate | ITER | Taylor and Hampshire (2005)† | ||||
A1.7 | EM-LMI | Internal tin | Moderate | ITER | Nb distributed | Ta | 0.81 | Taylor and Hampshire (2005)† |
† Source Ic(B,T,ε) data were obtained online at http://www.dur.ac.uk/superconductivity.durham/ from the Durham group (Taylor and Hampshire 2005).