Investigation of Superconducting Properties of ${\rm Nb}_{3}{\rm Sn}$ Strands by Internal Tin Process for ITER

Abstract

The multifilamentary Nb <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> Sn strands with a diameter of 0.82 mm and different local area ratios of Nb to copper (LAR) have been successfully fabricated by an internal tin process in Western Superconducting Technologies Co., Ltd. (WST). The heat treatments have been completed in a vacuum condition. The Critical Current (I <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">c</sub> ) and hysteresis loss of the strands are measured after different heat treatments according to ITER requirement. The maximum I <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">c</sub> is about 285 A (4.22 K, 12 T, 0.1 ¿V/cm) and the hysteresis loss is 290 ~ 410 mJ/cm <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sup> (4.22 K, ±3 T) per strand unit volume. In this paper, the I <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">c</sub> and the hysteresis loss of the strands with different LARs and different heat treatments are investigated. It is a reference for fabricating the qualified Nb <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">3</sub> Sn strands for ITER project in large scale in WST.