US 7,476,281 B2
Method for producing a superconductive element
René Fluekiger, Plan-les-Ouates (Switzerland); and Vital Abaecherli, Les Acacias (Switzerland)
Assigned to Bruker Biospin AG, Faellanden (Switzerland)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/223,053.
Claims priority of application No. 04021982 (EP), filed on Sep. 16, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2007/0227622 A1, Oct. 04, 2007
Int. Cl. H01L 39/24 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 148—98  [148/96; 29/599] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for producing a superconductive element or a multifilament wire, the method comprising the steps of:
a) preparing a composite having a bronze matrix containing Cu and Sn in which at least one elongated structure containing Nb, a Nb alloy, or NbTa is embedded;
b) extruding the composite at a temperature between 300° C. and 750° C.;
c) elongating the composite in parallel to the elongated structure;
d) annealing the composite;
e) stacking a plurality of annealed elongated composites, following steps a) through d), into a composite bundle;
f) repeating steps a) through e) at least one time; and
g) elongating the composite bundle following step f) in a final elongating procedure, the final elongating procedure comprising at least one intermediate annealing process in which the composite bundle is elongated to a final length, a superconductive phase being obtained by a heat treatment including a solid state diffusion reaction, wherein at least some of steps c) and d) comprise intermediate annealing of the composite bundle at a temperature above a normal Cu—Sn re-crystallization temperature and between 520° C. and 750° C. followed by fast cooling within less than 30 s to 100° C. or below (Rapid Intermediate Quenching or RIQ) and cold working the composite.