Abstract
Second-generation coated conductor composite HTS wires have been fabricated using a continuous reel-to-reel process with deformation-textured Ni-W substrates and a metal-organic deposition process for YBa2Cu3O7-x. Earlier results on 1 m long and 1 cm wide wires with 77 K critical current performance greater than 100 A cm-1 width have now been extended to 7.5 m in length and even higher performance, with one wire at 132 and another at 127 A cm-1 width. Performance as a function of wire length is remarkably uniform, with only 2-4% standard deviation when measured on a 50 cm length scale. The length-scale dependence of the deviation is compared with a statistical calculation.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | L19-L22 |
| Journal | Superconductor Science and Technology |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| State | Published - May 2003 |