Niobium based intermetallics as a source of high-current/high magnetic field superconductors

@article{Glowacki2001NiobiumBI,
  title={Niobium based intermetallics as a source of high-current/high magnetic field superconductors},
  author={Bartek A. Glowacki and X-Y. Yan and Derek John Fray and G. Chen and Milan Majoros and Y Shi},
  journal={Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications},
  year={2001},
  volume={372},
  pages={1315-1320}
}
  • B. GlowackiX. Yan Y. Shi
  • Published 5 September 2001
  • Physics, Materials Science
  • Physica C-superconductivity and Its Applications
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