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US 8,571,616 B2Granted
MgB2 compound sheath superconducting wire and manufacturing method of the same
AssigneesHitachi, Ltd., Central Japan Railway Company
InventorsKazuhide Tanaka, Michiya Okada, Masazumi Hirakawa, Hideyuki Yamada
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Abstract
An MgB2 compound sheath superconducting wire includes a high stable metal having a specific electric resistance 7 μΩcm or below at a room temperature and a high strength metal having a Vickers hardness 50 or above at a room temperature, both of which are assembled therewith to realize a high strength and a lengthy superconductor.
Claims5
A compound sheath superconducting wire comprising:
- a metal base wire member with a Vickers hardness of at least 50 at room temperature, wherein the metal base wire member includes iron,
- a plurality of tubular-shaped metal cladding layers having a superconductor material coaxially provided within the tubular-shaped metal cladding layers, wherein each of the metal cladding layers has an electric resistance of 7μΩcm or less at room temperature, each of the tubular shaped metal cladding layers being arranged to be provided within the metal base wire member in parallel with each other along a longitudinal direction of the metal base wire member prior to a drawing step to form the compound sheath superconducting wire, and
- an intermediate layer coaxially provided outside the tubular-shaped metal cladding layers, wherein the intermediate layer is electrically and mechanically unified metallurgically with the metal base member and the tubular-shaped metal cladding layers in a unitary block such that a gap is not formed between the metal base wire member and the tubular-shaped metal cladding layers by a drawing step to form the compound sheath superconducting wire, the intermediate layer as a brazing material is an alloy made by both tin and at least one of copper, silver, gold, palladium, aluminum, silicon, zinc, iron, nickel, manganese and boron.
A superconducting wire comprising:
- at least one magnesium boride wire member;
- a tubular shaped iron alloy surrounding said at least one magnesium boride wire member;
- a copper portion surrounding said at least one magnesium boride wire member and said tubular shaped iron alloy prior to a drawing step to form the superconducting wire;
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- an intermediate layer between said tubular shaped iron alloy and said copper portion, wherein said intermediate layer is a junction auxiliary material that is electrically and mechanically unified metallurgically with said tubular shaped iron alloy and copper portion in a unitary structure such that a gap is not formed between the tubular shaped iron alloy and the copper portion by a drawing step to form the superconducting wire, and wherein said intermediate layer is constructed from an alloy made by both tin and at least one of copper, silver, gold, palladium, aluminum, silicon, zinc, iron, nickel, manganese and boron.
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A superconducting wire comprising:
- at least one magnesium boride wire member;
- a tubular shaped copper portion surrounding said at least one magnesium boride wire member;
- an iron alloy surrounding said at least one magnesium boride wire member and said tubular shaped copper portion prior to a drawing step to form the superconducting wire;
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- an intermediate layer between said iron alloy and said copper portion, wherein said intermediate layer is a junction auxiliary material that is electrically and mechanically unified metallurgically with said iron alloy and said copper portion in a unitary structure such that a gap is not formed between the iron alloy and the copper portion by a drawing step to form the superconducting wire, and wherein said intermediate layer is constructed from an alloy made by both tin and at least one of copper, silver, gold, palladium, aluminum, silicon, zinc, iron, nickel, manganese and boron.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.