Superconductive articles having density characteristics
AssigneeSuperPower, Inc.
InventorsVenkat Selvamanickam, Drew Hazelton, Yunfei Qiao
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Abstract
A superconductive article is disclosed, having a substrate a buffer layer overlying the substrate, and a superconductive layer overlying the buffer layer. According to embodiments, the article may have low density characteristics, associated with the article as a whole and/or individual layers of the article. The article may be embodied in the form of long length conductors, coiled long length conductors, and machines incorporating such coils, for example.
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The superconductive article of claim 45, wherein the substrate comprises a titanium alloy, and further comprises an element selected from the group consisting of aluminum, vanadium, iron, tin, ruthenium, palladium, zirconium, molybdenum, nickel, niobium, chromium and silicon, and combinations thereof
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The superconductive article of claim 33, wherein the substrate has a thickness not greater than about 50 microns.
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The superconductive article of claim 33, wherein the stabilizer layer has a thickness not less than about 50 microns.
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A superconductive article comprising:
- a substrate having a dimension ratio is not less than 10;
- a buffer layer, the buffer layer comprising at least one film comprised of biaxially aligned crystals both in-plane and out-of plane of the film;
- a superconductive layer overlying the buffer layer, wherein the superconductive article has a density not greater than about 7.00 g/cc.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.