| Title |
Investigation of the Effect of Strategically Selected Grain Boundaries on Superconducting Properties of SRF Cavity Niobium |
| Authors |
- M. Wang, T.R. Bieler
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- S. Balachandran, P.J. Lee
NHMFL, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- S. Chetri, A. Polyanskii
ASC, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
- C. Compton
FRIB, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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| Abstract |
High purity Nb is commonly used for fabricating SRF cavities due to its high critical temperature and its formability. However, microstructural defects such as dislocations and grain boundaries in niobium can serve as favorable sites for pinning centers of magnetic flux that can degrade SRF cavity performance. In this study, two bi-crystal niobium samples extracted from strategically selected grain boundaries were investigated for the effect of grain misorientation on magnetic flux behavior. Laue X-ray and EBSD-OIM crystallographic analyses were used to characterize grain orientations and orientation gradients. Cryogenic Magneto-Optical Imaging (MOI) was used to directly observe magnetic flux penetration at about 5-8 K. Flux penetration was observed along one of the grain boundaries, as well as along a low angle boundary that was not detected prior to MOI imaging. Hydride scars on the sample surface after MOI were examined using atomic force microscopy (AFM) analysis. The relationships between dislocation content, cryo-cooling, flux penetration and grain boundaries are examined.
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| Funding |
Research supported by DOE/OHEP contracts DE-SC0009962, DE-SC0009960, NSF-DMR-1157490, and the State of Florida. |
| Paper |
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| Conference |
SRF2017, Lanzhou, China |
| Series |
International Conference on RF Superconductivity (18th) |
| Proceedings |
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| Session |
Poster Session |
| Date |
20-Jul-17 14:00–17:00 |
| Main Classification |
Fundamental SRF R&D |
| Sub Classification |
Bulk Niobium |
| Keywords |
ion, niobium, cavity, SRF, cryogenics |
| Publisher |
JACoW, Geneva, Switzerland |
| Editors |
Volker RW Schaa (GSI, Darmstadt, Germany); Yuan He (IMP, Lanzhou, China); Lu Li (IMP, Lanzhou, China); Ning Zhao (IHEP, Beijing, China) |
| ISBN |
978-3-95450-191-5 |
| Published |
January 2018 |
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