Effect of sheath material and reaction overpressure on Ag extrusions into the TiO2 insulation coating of Bi-2212 round wire.
Effect of sheath material and reaction overpressure on Ag extrusions into the TiO2 insulation coating of Bi-2212 round wire.
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护套材料和反应超压对 Ag 挤出到 Bi-2212 圆线 TiO2 绝缘涂层中的影响。
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10.1088/1757-899x/279/1/012021
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发表时间:
2017
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Hellstrom,E
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Hossain,I;Jiang,J;Matras,M;Trociewitz,UP;Lu,J;Kametani,F;Larbalestier,D;Hellstrom,E
In order to develop a high current density in coils, Bi-2212 wires must be electrically discrete in tight winding packs. It is vital to use an insulating layer that is thin, fulfils the dielectric requirements, and can survive the heat treatment whose maximum temperature reaches 890 C in oxygen. A thin (20-30 µm) ceramic coating could be better as the insulating layer compared to alumino-silicate braided fiber insulation, which is about 150 μm thick and reacts with the Ag sheathed Bi-2212 wire during heat treatment. At present, TiO 2 seems to be the most viable ceramic material for such a thin insulation because it is chemically compatible with Ag and Bi-2212 and its sintering temperature is lower than the maximum temperature used for the Bi-2212 heat treatment. However, recent tests of a large Bi-2212 coil insulated only with TiO 2 showed severe electrical shorting between the wires after over pressure heat treatment (OPHT). The origin of the shorting was frequent silver protrusions into the porous TiO 2 layer that electrically connected adjacent Bi-2212 wires. To understand the mechanism of this unexpected behaviour, we investigated the effect of sheath material and hydrostatic pressure on Ag protrusions. We found that Ag protrusions occur only when TiO 2-insulated Ag-0.2% Mg sheathed wire (Ag (Mg) wire) undergoes OPHT at 50 bar. No Ag protrusions were observed when the TiO 2-insulated Ag (Mg) wire was processed at 1 bar. The TiO 2-insulated wires sheathed with pure Ag that underwent 50 bar OPHT were also free from Ag protrusions. A key finding is that the Ag protrusions from the Ag (Mg) sheath actually contain no MgO, suggesting that local depletion of MgO facilitates local, heterogeneous deformation of the sheath under hydrostatic overpressure. Our study also suggests that predensifying the Ag (Mg) wire before insulating it with TiO 2 and doing the final OPHT can potentially limit Ag protrusions.