A Comparison of Superconductor Critical Currents Engineering Critical Current Density

1
10000
YBCO B? Tape Plane
YBCO B Tape Plane
SuperPower tape used in record breaking NHMFL
insert coil 2007
RRP Nb3Sn
Nb-Ti
Complied from ASC'02 and ICMC'03 papers (J.
Parrell OI-ST)
1000
427 filament strand with Ag alloy outer sheath
tested at NHMFL
2212
JE (A/mm²)
YBCO Insert Tape (B Tape Plane)
Maximal JE for entire LHC NbTi strand production
() CERN-T. Boutboul '07, and (- -) lt5 T data
from Boutboul et al. MT-19, IEEE-TASC06)
YBCO Insert Tape (B? Tape Plane)
100
MgB2 19Fil 24 Fill (HyperTech)
Bronze Nb3Sn
MgB2
2212 OI-ST 28 Ceramic Filaments
NbTi LHC Production 38SC (4.2 K)
Nb3Sn RRP Internal Sn (OI-ST)
4543 filament High Sn Bronze-16wt.Sn-0.3wtTi
(Miyazaki-MT18-IEEE04)
181 MgB2/Nb/Cu/Monel Courtesy M. Tomsic, 2007
Nb3Sn High Sn Bronze CuNon-Cu 0.3
10
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Applied Field (T)
2
References YBCO Tape, Tape-plane,
SuperPower (Used in NHMFL tested Insert Coil
2007). Source Zhijun Chen (NHMFL). 50
Adjustment for 2 to 1 µm production layer YBCO
Tape, _ Tape Plane, testing as for Tape
II Nb-47Ti 0-6 T - Boutboul et al. MT-19, T.
Boutboul et al., Critical Current Density in
Superconducting Nb-Ti Strands in the 100 mT to 11
T Applied Field Range," IEEE Transactions on
Applied Superconductivity, vol. 16(2)pp.
1184-1187, 2006 Nb-47Ti 5-8 T Maximal Nb-Ti Max
_at_4.2 K for whole LHC NbTi strand production
(CERN-T. Boutboul '07) Bi-2212 OST 2212 wire 0.8
mm, 28 ceramic, 0 to 10 T data taken at OST,
11.5 to 45 T data taken in NHMFL hybrid Nb3Sn
(RRP) Non-Cu Jc Internal Sn OI-ST RRP 1.3 mm, J.
A. Parrell et al., "High field Nb3Sn conductor
development at Oxford Superconducting
Technology," IEEE Transactions on Applied
Superconductivity, vol. 13(23),pp.3470-3473,
2003 and J. A. Parrell et al., "Nb3Sn Conductor
Development for Fusion and Particle Accelerator
Applications," Adv. Cryo. Eng. (AIP), vol. 50,
pp. 369-375, 2004 Nb3Sn (High Sn Bronze) T.
Miyazaki et al. MT18 - fig3, "Development of High
Sn Content Bronze Processed Nb3Sn
SuperconductingWire for High Field Magnets," IEEE
Transactions On Applied Superconductivity, Vol.
14, No. 2, June 2004 MgB2 19 Fil RW - Hypertech
24 Fill data courtesy MikeTomsic 10/25/07