Table 5 Composition ratios as obtained by EDS and EDS + EXAFS, site occupancies in the A3B structure taking into account antisite disorder (and exchange antisite for Ta + Ti) and long range order parameters.

From: Evidence from EXAFS for Different Ta/Ti Site Occupancy in High Critical Current Density Nb3Sn Superconductor Wires

Design Subs/Stack

Sample ID

A15 Nb/Sn

(Nb + Ti + (1−x)Ta) /(Sn + xTa)

x

c Nb (A)

c Ti (A)

c Ta (A)

c Sn (A)

c Sn (B)

c Ta (B)

c Nb (B)

η Nb

η Sn

η

54/61

Ta#1

2.879

2.864

0.30

0.966

 

0.022

0.012

0.972

0.028

 

0.966

0.960

0.965

Ta + Ti

2.898

2.926

0.32

0.942

[0.952]

0.018

[0.018]

0.024

[0.024]

0.017

[0.006]

0.936

[0.967]

0.033

[0.033]

0.031[0]

0.911

[0.952]

0.919

[0.960]

0.913

Ti#1

3.200

3.336

 

0.977

0.023

  

0.936

 

0.064

0.913

0.936

0.919

108/127

Ti#2

3.272

3.414

 

0.983

0.017

  

0.924

 

0.076

0.907

0.924

0.911

Ta#2

3.125

3.144

0.21

0.963

 

0.037

 

0.936

0.030

0.035

0.928

0.936

0.930