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Magnetron sputtering of Superconducting Multilayer Nb3Sn Thin Film

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775°C. From the same diagram, it is seen that several spurious phases are alsopossible, and this can represent a limitation for the fabrication <strong>of</strong> superconductingcavities. Besides T C , however for Nb-Sn system there is another quantityundergoing a much stronger variation in the narrow composition range between24.5 at. % and 25 at.% Sn: the resistivity in normal state just before transition.Resistivity indeed changes from 20 μΩ cm at 24.4 at. % tin to less than 4 μΩcm at25 at.% tin; this sharp change being a direct consequence <strong>of</strong> the perfectly orderedstate <strong>of</strong> Nb 3 Sn. This consideration is absolutely critical: for everybody wishing tocarry on further investigation on Nb 3 Sn, it is mandatory to look for low resistivity.The parameters comparison between Nb and Nb 3 Sn are shown in Table 1.4 [1] .Table 1.4 the parameters <strong>of</strong> Nb 3 Sn and NbFig 1.8 the crystal structure <strong>of</strong> MgB 2Another important new superconductivity material is the magnesium diboride15

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