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Texture of Nb Filaments and Nb3Sn Phase in Technical Superconductors Fabricated by Bronze and Internal-Tin-Source Techniques

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The texture of niobium in composite Nb3Sn superconductors prepared by internal-tin-source and bronze techniques, and in a subelement, which is required for fabricating the composite using the internal-tin-source technique, is studied in this work. It is shown that prior to the reaction heat treatment, the structural components of Nb have the (110) drawing texture; after the reaction heat treatment, no preferred orientation of Nb3Sn superconducting compound grains is observed.

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    A. S. Tsapleva, I. M. Abdyukhanov, K. O. Bazaleeva, A. A. Aleksandrova & M. V. Alekseev

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Tsapleva, A.S., Abdyukhanov, I.M., Bazaleeva, K.O. et al. Texture of Nb Filaments and Nb3Sn Phase in Technical Superconductors Fabricated by Bronze and Internal-Tin-Source Techniques. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 121, 471–475 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X20040158

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