A Comparison of Superconductor Critical Currents: Engineering Critical Current Density

1
10000
YBCO B? Tape Plane
YBCO B Tape Plane
SuperPower tape used in record breaking NHMFL
insert coil 2007
RRP Nb3Sn
Nb-Ti
Complied from ASC'02 and ICMC'03 papers (J.
Parrell OI-ST)
1000
427 filament strand with Ag alloy outer sheath
tested at NHMFL
2212
JE (A/mm²)
YBCO Insert Tape (B Tape Plane)
Maximal JE for entire LHC NbTi strand production
() CERN-T. Boutboul '07, and (- -) lt5 T data
from Boutboul et al. MT-19, IEEE-TASC06)
YBCO Insert Tape (B? Tape Plane)
100
MgB2 19Fil 24 Fill (HyperTech)
Bronze Nb3Sn
MgB2
2212 OI-ST 28 Ceramic Filaments
NbTi LHC Production 38SC (4.2 K)
Nb3Sn RRP Internal Sn (OI-ST)
4543 filament High Sn Bronze-16wt.Sn-0.3wtTi
(Miyazaki-MT18-IEEE04)
181 MgB2/Nb/Cu/Monel Courtesy M. Tomsic, 2007
Nb3Sn High Sn Bronze CuNon-Cu 0.3
10
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
Applied Field (T)