IEC 61788-1
Superconductivity – Part 1: Critical current measurement – DC critical current of Nb-Ti composite superconductors
Organization: | IEC |
Publication Date: | 1 November 2006 |
Status: | active |
Page Count: | 66 |
ICS Code (Electricity. Magnetism. Electrical and magnetic measurements): | 17.220 |
ICS Code (Superconductivity and conducting materials): | 29.050 |
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This part of IEC 61788 covers a test method for the determination of the d.c. critical current of either Cu/Nb-Ti composite superconductors that have a copper/superconducto
This method is intended for use with superconductors that have critical currents less than 1 000 A and n-values larger than 12, under standard test conditions and at magnetic fields less than or equal to 0,7 of the upper critical magnetic field. The test specimen is immersed in a liquid helium bath at a known temperature during testing. The test conductor has a monolithic structure with a round or rectangular cross-sectional area that is less than 2 mm2. The specimen geometry used in this test method is an inductively coiled specimen. Deviations from this test method that are allowed for routine tests and other specific restrictions are given in this standard.
Test conductors with critical currents above 1 000 A or cross-sectional areas greater than 2 mm2 could be measured with the present method with an anticipated increase in uncertainty and a more significant self-field effect (see Annex B). Other, more specialized, specimen test geometries may be more appropriate for larger conductor testing which have been omitted from this present standard for simplicity and to retain a lower uncertainty.
The test method given in this standard is expected to apply to other superconducting composite wires after some appropriate modifications.
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