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Final Report: Performance-structure characterization to improve REBCO Fusion conductor production at SuperPower

Abraimov, Dmytro [Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)]·Gillman, James [Production Resource Group, New Windsor, NY 12553 USA; Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)]·Zha, Carina [Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)]·Matos Pimentel, Hannah [Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)]·Mao, Sam [Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL (United States); Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)]·Bishop, Nicole [Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)]·Oz, Yavuz [GE Healthcare; Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)]·Kvitkovic, Jozef [Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)]·Zhang, Yifei [SuperPower Inc., Glenville, NY 12302 USA]
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Several companies have used ReBCO tapes to make magnets operating at 20 K, at magnetic fields up to 20T suitable for plasma confining for controlled fusion applications. The transport properties of ReBCO conductors should be optimized for such conditions. NHMFL is one of the few laboratories where such tests can be accomplished. Recently, SuperPower Inc. came up with a new product, REBCO MOCVD HM tape, optimized for plasma confining applications. These HM tapes are designed to have increased critical currents at intermediate temperatures of 4.2K

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36 MATERIALS SCIENCE42 ENGINEERING70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITYREBCO, Magnet, Critical Current, Magnetic field, Zr doping, Resistive magnet, superconducting magnet, MOCVD, SEM, FIB

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Abraimov, Dmytro [Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)], Gillman, James [Production Resource Group, New Windsor, NY 12553 USA; Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)], Zha, Carina [Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)], Matos Pimentel, Hannah [Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)], Mao, Sam [Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL (United States); Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)], Bishop, Nicole [Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)], Oz, Yavuz [GE Healthcare; Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)], Kvitkovic, Jozef [Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL (United States). National High Magnetic Field Lab. (MagLab)], Zhang, Yifei [SuperPower Inc., Glenville, NY 12302 USA]. 2025-02-17. Final Report: Performance-structure characterization to improve REBCO Fusion conductor production at SuperPower. https://doi.org/10.2172/3014773

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