Enhanced trapped field in MgB2 bulk magnets by tuning grain boundary pinning through milling

S Sugino, A Yamamoto, J Shimoyama… - Superconductor …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The effects of the grain size, lattice strain, and microstructure on the trapped field properties
of ball-milled MgB 2 bulks were studied. A decrease in the in-plane lattice parameters and …

MgB2-Based Superconductors: Structure and Properties

TP Krinitsina, EI Kuznetsova, MV Degtyarev… - Physics of Metals and …, 2021 - Springer
A brief review of synthesis methods of MgB 2 and the effect of alloying and
thermomechanical treatment on the structure and properties of MgB 2 is presented. The …

Design optimization and evaluation of the 3 kA MgB2 cable at 4.3 K for the superconducting link project at CERN

K Konstantopoulou, J Hurte, PW Retz… - Superconductor …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
High-current superconducting links (SC links) are being developed at CERN for powering
the superconducting magnets of the High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider upgrade. The …

Critical currents of Rutherford MgB2 cables compacted by two-axial rolling

L Kopera, P Kováč, M Kulich, T Melišek… - Superconductor …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Two types of Rutherford cables made of two strand layers of commercial MgB 2 wires
manufactured by Hyper Tech Research, Inc. have been made. Flat rectangular cables …

Fabrication of (6 + 1)-Structure Superconducting Cable Based on 30-Core MgB2 Superconducting Wire

D Wang, D Xi, Q Wang, J Feng, X Pan… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
30-core MgB 2 superconducting wire with a diameter of 1.0 mm has been prepared by the
conventional in-situ powder-in-tube (PIT) method. The metallographic analysis results show …

Influence of out-of-plane disorder formed by low-temperature sintering on carbohydrate-doped MgB2 wire

M Maeda, D Patel, H Kumakura, G Nishijima… - Ceramics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Structural disorder within grains formed by carbon doping is widely known to enhance the in-
field transport critical current performance of MgB 2 wire. The structural formation usually …

MgB2 cables made of thin wires manufactured by IMD process

P Kováč, L Kopera, M Hain, E Martínez… - Superconductor …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents the properties of cables made of thin MgB 2 wires with different sheaths
manufactured by IMD process. Strong effect of the outer sheath on the J e (B) performance …

Tellurium addition as a solution to improve compactness of ex-situ processed MgB2-SiC superconducting tapes

V Sandu, G Aldica, S Popa, M Enculescu… - Superconductor …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Ex-situ spark plasma sintering (SPS) was used to obtain dense MgB 2-based tapes in a Fe
sheath with the starting composition (MgB 2) 0.975+(SiC) 0.025+ Te 0.01. Prior to the SPS …

Rutherford cable made of internal magnesium diffusion MgB2 wires sheathed with Al-Al2O3 particulate metal matrix composite

P Kováč, L Kopera, J Kováč, M Hain… - Superconductor …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Rutherford MgB 2 cable has been made from 12 single-core wires prepared via the internal
magnesium diffusion process with a light outer sheath of Al-Al 2 O 3 particulate metal matrix …

Control of core structure in MgB2 wire through tailoring boron powder

M Maeda, D Uchiyama, MS Al Hossain, Z Ma… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2015 - Elsevier
A common fabrication process for MgB 2 wire, namely, the in situ powder-in-tube process,
forms numerous voids within the wire core, and void formation cannot be completely …