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The planned extension of the High Field Test Facility SULTAN at SIN to provide 12T-operation in a 60 cm bore1 has led to an increased SIN involvement in the development of reliable A15-multifilamentary conductors. The selected concept for the SULTAN conductor is a three stage flat cable of Nb3Sn superconductor strands cooled by forced flow of supercritical helium. A prototype first-level cable (primary cable) has been fabricated and evaluated. A BBC processed wire with 306 niobium filaments in a copper matrix was chosen for the basic strand. The fabrication route adopted is the external diffusion technique2.
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Pasztor, G., Ekin, J.W. (1984). Development of Nb3Sn Cabled Conductor by External Diffusion Process and the Effect of Strain on the Critical Current. In: Clark, A.F., Reed, R.P. (eds) Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Materials . Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, vol 30. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9868-4_86
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