Measurements of the microstructural, microchemical and transition temperature gradients of A15 layers in a high-performance Nb3Sn powder-in-tube superconducting strand

Superconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Hawes, C D ^a,b   Lee, P J ^a   Larbalestier, D C ^a  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b August Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL NONLINEARITIES; CURRENT DENSITY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; NIOBIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FILAMENTARY; POSITION-INSENSITIVE INHOMOGENEITY; SHAPE METAL INNOVATION;

SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

EID: 33144486543     PISSN: 09532048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/19/3/004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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