Grain growth, morphology, and composition profiles in industrial Nb 3Sn wires

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 2615-2618

  Uglietti, D ^a   Abacherli V ^a   Cantoni, M ^b   Flukiger R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b European Advanced Superconductors   (Germany)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Grain size

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GRAIN GROWTH; HEAT TREATMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIN COMPOUNDS;

A15 FORMATION; COLUMNAR SHAPE; CRITICAL FIELD; EQUIAXED GRAINS;

SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE;

EID: 34547429450     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2007.898226     Document Type: Conference Paper

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