Electropolishing of Niobium in Sulfuric Acid-Methanol Electrolytes: Development of Hydrofluoric Acid-Free Electrolytes
Niobium (Nb) has the highest superconducting transition temperature (9.2 K) of the pure metals, which makes it the most used material for the construction of superconducting radio frequency (SRF) accelerators. The performance of the accelerator is critically dependent upon the quality of Nb surface....
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28507 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08032009-170244/ |