Effect of transverse stress on the critical current of bronze-process and internal-tin Nb3Sn.

Investigates the effect of transverse stress on the critical current of two Nb[sub3]Sn superconductors, a bronze-process conductor and an internal-tin conductor. Difference in the microstructure of the two conductors; Description of the radial orientation of the bronze-process grains; Effect of the transverse stress measured on the internal-tin conductor.