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Phase evolution study and optimization of the heat treatment process for high current capacity Bi-2223 tapes

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Powder in tube process (PIT) was adopted for the fabrication of single filament Bi-2223 tapes, and a heat treatment process including the first heat treatment (HT1), intermediate rolling (IR), and second heat treatment (HT2) was performed. The phase evolution mechanism and microstructure changes during these heat treatment processes were systematically discussed. The influences of HT1 parameters on the phase evolution process of Bi-2223 tapes were discussed. With the optimized HT1 process, a proper Bi-2223 content of about 90% was achieved. HT2 process was also optimized by adding a post annealing process. An obvious increase of current capacity was obtained due to the enhancement of intergrain connections. Single filament Bi-2223 tapes with the critical current of I c-90 A were fabricated with the optimized sintering process.

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  1. The state Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, 710072, China

    Lifeng Bai  (白利锋) & Pingxiang Zhang

  2. Superconducting Materials Research Center, Northwest Institute for Nonferrous Metal Research, Xi’an, 710016, China

    Lifeng Bai  (白利锋), Shengnan Zhang  (张胜楠), Chengshan Li, Qingbin Hao, Guoqing Liu & Pingxiang Zhang

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Funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51472206), the National ITER Program of China(2015GB115001), and the Program for Innovative Research Team in Shaanxi Province(No.2013KCT-07)

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Bai, L., Zhang, S., Li, C. et al. Phase evolution study and optimization of the heat treatment process for high current capacity Bi-2223 tapes. J. Wuhan Univ. Technol.-Mat. Sci. Edit. 32, 862–865 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11595-017-1680-0

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