High energy physics conductor scale-up progress of the Supercon artificial pinning center process

The Supercon APC process is briefly reviewed. Process parameters requiring optimization for commercial production are discussed. Issues involved in successful monofilament and multifilament billet size scale-up the APC process for HEP composites, nominally 6 /spl mu/m filaments and composite diameters <1 mm, are presented. The Supercon APC composite piece length and mechanical properties are excellent. The present best composite J/sub c/ results are presented.<
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