Percolation and the resistive transition of the critical temperature Tc of Nb3Sn

Cryogenics

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 468-476

  Markiewicz, W Denis ^a   Toth, Jack ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical temperature (C); Percolation (C); Strain (C); Superconductor (A)

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); STRAIN; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COMPOSITE CONDUCTORS; CRITICAL TEMPERATURE; GRAIN ORIENTATION STRAIN SENSITIVITY; PERCOLATION;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

EID: 33748199601     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cryogenics.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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