Abstract
Discovered in 1954, Nb3Sn is the superconductor produced in the second highest volume, after Nb-Ti, which was discovered seven years later. Together, the two Nb-based superconductors dominate the superconducting magnet industry. Nb3Sn is not competitive commercially to displace Nb-Ti in low field applications. It is instead often the material of choice in high field applications (roughly >8 T for accelerator magnets, >10 T for solenoids) where its superior high-field properties outweigh the processing difficulties associated with its being a brittle intermetallic compound with a low strain tolerance.
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