Fabrication and transport critical currents of multifilamentary MgB2/Fe wires and tapes

TL;DR

This paper reports the fabrication of multifilamentary MgB2/Fe wires and tapes with high transport critical current densities using a powder-in-tube process, highlighting the importance of processing and deformation methods.

Contribution

It introduces a straightforward fabrication method for high-performance MgB2/Fe multifilamentary wires and tapes with detailed analysis of processing factors affecting their critical currents.

Findings

Transport jc up to 1.1 x 10^5 A/cm^2 at 4.2 K in 2 T field

Transport jc up to 5 x 10^4 A/cm^2 at 4.2 K in 1 T field

Processing routes and deformation methods significantly influence critical current performance

Abstract

Multifilamentary MgB2/Fe wires and tapes with high transport critical current densities have been fabricated using a straightforward powder-in-tube (PIT) process. After annealing, we measured transport jc values up to 1.1 * 105 A/cm2 at 4.2 K and in a field of 2 T in a MgB2/Fe square wire with 7 filaments fabricated by two-axial rolling, and up to 5 * 104 A/cm2 at 4.2 K in 1 T in a MgB2/Fe tape with 7 filaments. For higher currents these multifilamentary wires and tapes quenched due to insufficient thermal stability of filaments. Both the processing routes and deformation methods were found to be important factors for fabricating multifilamentary MgB2 wires and tapes with high transport jc values.