High-Temperature Superconductors Team Supercool Andy Lin Chris Kinney Naomi Kohen David Schoen Advised by Yin-Lin Xie
What is a superconductor? Permanent magnet levitating over a superconductor
What is a superconductor? A material that conducts without resistance A material that conducts without resistance Impenetrable by external magnetic fields (up to a point) Impenetrable by external magnetic fields (up to a point) Two types: Type I and Type II Two types: Type I and Type II Examples: Examples: –YBCO: Yttrium barium copper oxide –BSSCO 2212, 2223: (Bi,Pb) 2 Sr 2 Ca 1 Cu 2 O x, (Bi,Pb) 2 Sr 2 Ca 2 Cu 3 O x
What is a superconductor? Maglev train in Japan
What does an actuator do? Mechanical energy conversion
What is an actuator? MEMX High Performance Steerable MicroMirrors A device that converts between mechanical energy and other forms
What is an actuator? MEMX High Performance Steerable MicroMirrors
Our HTS Tape American Superconductor BSSCO mm (W) x 0.21 mm (T) Up to ~108 A Critical temperature (T C ) of 110 K
BSSCO 2223 Structure BSSCO 2223 Unit Cell NWU /public/02Whole.pdf
BSSCO 2223 Structure Tl 2 Ba 2 Ca 2 Cu 3 O 10 : structurally similar to BSSCO NWU /public/02Whole.pdf
BSSCO 2223 Processing
Hurdles and Unknowns Critical current decreases as coil decreases in diameter
Hurdles and Unknowns
Measurement and Comparison Standard properties –Resistance –Magnetic field –Response time
Measurement and Comparison Comparison to copper solenoid
Example Test Setup
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