A Sourcebook of Titanium Alloy Superconductivity
In less than two decades the concept of supercon­ In every field of science there are one or two ductivity has been transformed from a laboratory individuals whose dedication, combined with an innate curiosity to usable large-scale applications. In the understanding, permits them to be able to grasp, late 1960's the concept of filamentary stabilization condense, and explain to the rest of us what that released the usefulness of zero resistance into the field is all about. For the field of titanium alloy marketplace, and the economic forces that drive tech­ superconductivity, such an individual is Ted Collings. nology soon focused on niobium-titanium alloys. They His background as a metallurgist has perhaps given him are ductile and thus fabricable into practical super­ a distinct advantage in understanding superconduc­ conducting wires that have the critical currents and tivity in titanium alloys because the optimization of fields necessary for large-scale devices. More than superconducting parameters in these alloys has been 90% of all present-day applications of superconductors almost exclusively metallurgical. Advantages in use titanium alloys. The drive to optimize these training and innate abilities notwithstanding, it is alloys resulted in a flood of research that has been the author's dedication that is the essential com­ collected, condensed, and analyzed in this volume.
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A Sourcebook of Titanium Alloy Superconductivity
In less than two decades the concept of supercon­ In every field of science there are one or two ductivity has been transformed from a laboratory individuals whose dedication, combined with an innate curiosity to usable large-scale applications. In the understanding, permits them to be able to grasp, late 1960's the concept of filamentary stabilization condense, and explain to the rest of us what that released the usefulness of zero resistance into the field is all about. For the field of titanium alloy marketplace, and the economic forces that drive tech­ superconductivity, such an individual is Ted Collings. nology soon focused on niobium-titanium alloys. They His background as a metallurgist has perhaps given him are ductile and thus fabricable into practical super­ a distinct advantage in understanding superconduc­ conducting wires that have the critical currents and tivity in titanium alloys because the optimization of fields necessary for large-scale devices. More than superconducting parameters in these alloys has been 90% of all present-day applications of superconductors almost exclusively metallurgical. Advantages in use titanium alloys. The drive to optimize these training and innate abilities notwithstanding, it is alloys resulted in a flood of research that has been the author's dedication that is the essential com­ collected, condensed, and analyzed in this volume.
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A Sourcebook of Titanium Alloy Superconductivity

A Sourcebook of Titanium Alloy Superconductivity

by E.W. Collings
A Sourcebook of Titanium Alloy Superconductivity

A Sourcebook of Titanium Alloy Superconductivity

by E.W. Collings

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In less than two decades the concept of supercon­ In every field of science there are one or two ductivity has been transformed from a laboratory individuals whose dedication, combined with an innate curiosity to usable large-scale applications. In the understanding, permits them to be able to grasp, late 1960's the concept of filamentary stabilization condense, and explain to the rest of us what that released the usefulness of zero resistance into the field is all about. For the field of titanium alloy marketplace, and the economic forces that drive tech­ superconductivity, such an individual is Ted Collings. nology soon focused on niobium-titanium alloys. They His background as a metallurgist has perhaps given him are ductile and thus fabricable into practical super­ a distinct advantage in understanding superconduc­ conducting wires that have the critical currents and tivity in titanium alloys because the optimization of fields necessary for large-scale devices. More than superconducting parameters in these alloys has been 90% of all present-day applications of superconductors almost exclusively metallurgical. Advantages in use titanium alloys. The drive to optimize these training and innate abilities notwithstanding, it is alloys resulted in a flood of research that has been the author's dedication that is the essential com­ collected, condensed, and analyzed in this volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781461337058
Publisher: Springer US
Publication date: 11/01/2011
Edition description: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1983
Pages: 512
Product dimensions: 8.27(w) x 11.02(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

1. Titanium Alloy Superconductors—A Tabulated Review.- 2. Unalloyed Titanium.- 3. Titanium-Vanadium Binary Alloys.- 4. Binary Alloys Of Titanium with Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Cobalt, or Nickel.- 5. Binary Alloys Of Titanium With The Second-Long Period (4d) And Third-Long Period (5d) Transition Elements.- 6. Ternary Alloys Of Titanium with Simple Metals and Transition Metals (Except Niobium).- 7. Titanium-Niobium Binary Alloys.- 8. Titanium-Niobium and Titanium-Niobium-Base Alloys Containing Small Additions of Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, or Oxygen.- 9. Ternary Alloys of Titanium-Niobium with Simple Metals.- 10. Soviet Technical Alloys.- 11. Titanium-Zirconium-Niobium Ternary Alloys.- 12. Titanium-Niobium-Base Ternary Transition Metal Alloys (Except Titanium-Zirconium-Niobium).- 13. Titanium-Niobium-Base Quaternary Alloys.- 14. Amorphous Titanium Alloy Superconductors.- References.- Author Index.
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