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Magnetron sputtering of Superconducting Multilayer Nb3Sn Thin Film

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superconducting magnet construction, and then it has been generally neglected inA15 treatises.V 3 SiThis material is one <strong>of</strong> the few examples <strong>of</strong> an A15 compound that formcongruently from the melt. The A15 phase in the Vanadium-Silicon system isstable between 19 and 25 at. % Silicon. Large single crystals can be grown in thewhole range either by zone melting or by recrystallization at 1870°C. There is alinear increase in T C from 19 at. % to 25 at. % silicon, where a maximum T C <strong>of</strong>17.1K is achieved. For this compound, the RRR value <strong>of</strong> 80 can be obtained.One problem must be solved before to apply this material to cavities: aproper substrate should be chosen. Niobium is not the right choice, because <strong>of</strong> thelarge diffusion coefficient <strong>of</strong> Vanadium into Niobium at high temperatures. Thechoice <strong>of</strong> Vanadium itself, as a substrate, should be more deeply considered, dueto the drawback <strong>of</strong> lower thermal conductivity than Niobium, and this is aproblem for the achievement <strong>of</strong> high gradients.Fig.1.6 A15 phase fields and superconductivity in a) Nb-Ga, b) Nb-Ge, and c) Nb-Al SystemsNb 3 AlThis compound is formed by a peritectoid reaction from the bcc solidsolution and sigma (Nb 2 Al) phase at 1730°C, and contains 26 at. % Al. The13

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