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OBJECT TYPE: SUPERCONDUCTING/NIOBIUM TITANIUM
DATE: 1988
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0478.001

MANUFACTURER: OXFORD INSTRUMENTS LTD.
MODEL: SF 25/40
LOCATION: Oxford, England

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: NIOBIUM-TITANIUM ALLOY WIRE SAMPLE BOUND USING MASKING TAPE, AND STORED IN SYNTHETIC BAG.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 6.0 cm
Width: 6.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Energy-electric
Category: Electricity & electronics
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: OXFORD
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: Oxford

Context

Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
Period: THIS TYPE OF WIRE PRODUCED AND PRESUMABLY USED C. 1988+
Canada: SAMPLE OF SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE AVAILABLE FOR USE IN CANADA IN LATE 1980S.
Function: TO CONDUCT ELECTRICITY WITHOUT RESISTANCE BELOW A CERTAIN TEMPERATURE.
Technical: SAMPLE OF NIOBIUM TITANIUM SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE, WHICH CAN CARRY A CURRENT OF OVER 200AWITHOUT GETTING HOT. FINE FILAMENTS ARE SHEATHED IN MATRIX OF HIGH CONDUCTIVITY COPPER, WHICH WILL CONDUCT ANY HEAT GENERATED BY A CHANGING MAGNETIC FIELD AWAY FROM THE CONDUCTOR.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: "SF 25/40" handwritten on front of synthetic bag.
Missing: 2ND SAMPLE OF WIRE (TYPE MF61/85) MAY ORIGINALLY HAVE BEEN PRESENT.
Finish: COPPER COLOUR WIRE BUNDLE. STORED IN CLEAR SYNTHETIC BAG.
Decoration: N/A

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OXFORD INSTRUMENTS LTD., Wire sample, circa 1988, Artifact no. 1989.0478, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0478.001/

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