Abstract

In order to disseminate the IEC international standard of RRR measurement of Cu／Nb／-Ti composite superconductors, a measuring system was developed at KRISS. The system consisted of helium reservoir, base plate, thermometer, voltmeter and current source. The helium reservoir and base plate provided a stable temperature of a range from 4.2 K to 300 K and the voltmeter measured several order of $mutextrm{V}$ on specimen for obtaining RRR of the Cu／Nb-Ti composite superconductor. Three specimens of the Cu／Nb-Ti composite superconductors were measured using this system for characterizing their RRR. The resistance-temperature curves ortho specimens showed 10／sup -6／ to 10／sup -5／ Ohms near transition temperature and 10／sup -4／ to 10／sup -3／ Ohms at 293 K. The RRR values of the specimens were 145, 71 and 140, respectively.

Keywords

• RRR;
• Nb -Ti composite superconductor;
• Cu matrix;
• Standardization.