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Measuring strain limit of 2G HTS tape to optimise for industrial magnet coils

28 November 2023

Measuring strain limit of 2G HTS tape to optimise for industrial magnet coils

ENGIN-X has been used to study mechanical stress applied to 2G HTS tape, which is present in MRI and the electrical grid. Second generation high-temperature superconductors (2G HTS) tapes generate high magnetic fields at a wide operating temperature range. They have key applications in areas such as fusion, MRI and the electrical grid. In a collaboration between Faraday Factory Japan LLC, the world's largest producer of 2G HTS tapes and ISIS, the ENGIN-X neutron diffractometer was used to apply strain to tape samples.

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