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SUPERCONDUCTOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0953-2048/30/1/014002
Keywords
REBCO; HTS; wires
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- US Department of Energy [DE-SC0007891, DE-SC0009545, DE-SC0014009]
- U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) [DE-SC0007891, DE-SC0009545, DE-SC0014009] Funding Source: U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
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Conductor on Round Core (CORC (R)) technology has achieved a long sought-after benchmark by enabling the production of round, multifilament, (RE) Ba2Ca3O7-x coated conductors with practical current densities for use in magnets and power applications. Recent progress, including the demonstration of engineering current density beyond 300 Amm(-2) at 4.2 K and 20 T, indicates that CORC (R) cables are a viable conductor for next generation high field magnets. Tapes with 30 mu m substrate thickness and tape widths down to 2 mm have improved the capabilities of CORC (R) technology by allowing the production of CORC (R) wires as thin as 3 mm in diameter with the potential to enhance the engineering current density further. An important benefit of the thin CORC (R) wires is their improved flexibility compared to thicker (7-8mm diameter) CORC (R) cables. Critical current measurements were carried out on tapes extracted from CORC (R) wires made using 2 and 3 mm wide tape after bending the wires to various diameters from 10 to 3.5 cm. These thin wires are highly flexible and retain close to 90% of their original critical current even after bending to a diameter of 3.5 cm. A small 5-turn solenoid was constructed and measured as a function of applied magnetic field, exhibiting an engineering current density of 233 Amm(-2) at 4.2 K and 10 T. CORC (R) wires thus form an attractive solution for applications between 4.2 and 77 K, including high-field magnets that require high current densities with small bending diameters, benefiting from a ready-to-use form (similar to NbTi and contrary to Nb3Sn wires) that does not require additional processing following coil construction.
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