A superconducting joint for GdBa2Cu3O 7-δ-coated conductors

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Park, Yeonjoo ^a   Lee, Myungwhon ^b   Ann, Heesung ^b   Choi, Yoon Hyuck ^a   Lee, Haigun ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b JOIN Consulting Group Inc   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Closed loop GdBCO model coil; GdBCO coated conductor; Persistent current mode operation; Second generation high temperature superconducting magnet application; Superconducting joint

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CURRENT DENSITY (SUPERCONDUCTIVITY); DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTORS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY;

GDBCO-COATED CONDUCTOR; HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTING; MODEL COILS; PERSISTENT CURRENT MODES; SUPERCONDUCTING JOINTS;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 84901267241     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2014.18     Document Type: Article

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