IPAC2013 - List of Authors (Ambrosio, G.)

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THPME045	TEST RESULTS OF A NB3SN QUADRUPOLE COIL IMPREGNATED WITH RADIATION-RESISTANT MATRIMID 5292	3612
	A.V. Zlobin, G. Ambrosio, N. Andreev, E.Z. Barzi, R. Bossert, G. Chlachidze, V.V. Kashikhin, S. Krave, A. Nobrega, I. Novitski Fermilab, Batavia, USA
	Funding: Work supported by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, under contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the U.S. Department of Energy. FNAL is developing advanced Nb3Sn magnets for present and future accelerators. Insulation is one of the primary elements of magnet design, essential for maintaining its electrical, mechanical and thermal performance. The Nb3Sn magnet fabrication process involves coil reaction at high temperature and then impregnation with epoxy to restore the insulation electrical and mechanical properties. The traditional epoxy offers adequate structural and electrical properties, but has a low radiation strength which limits the lifetime of accelerator magnets operating in severe radiation environments. Studies to replace epoxy as impregnation material for Nb3Sn coils with high radiation-resistant material have started at FNAL ten years ago. The studies concentrated on the Matrimid® 5292, a bismaleimide based material, which has appropriate viscosity and potlife as well as provides excellent mechanical, electrical and thermal coil properties. A 1 m long Nb3Sn quadrupole coil was recently fabricated, impregnated with Matrimid and tested in a quadrupole magnetic mirror at 4.2 and 1.9 K. Coil test results are presented and compared to the results for similar coils impregnated with epoxy.

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TEST RESULTS OF A NB3SN QUADRUPOLE COIL IMPREGNATED WITH RADIATION-RESISTANT MATRIMID 5292

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A.V. Zlobin, G. Ambrosio, N. Andreev, E.Z. Barzi, R. Bossert, G. Chlachidze, V.V. Kashikhin, S. Krave, A. Nobrega, I. Novitski
Fermilab, Batavia, USA

Funding: Work supported by Fermi Research Alliance, LLC, under contract No. DE-AC02-07CH11359 with the U.S. Department of Energy.
FNAL is developing advanced Nb3Sn magnets for present and future accelerators. Insulation is one of the primary elements of magnet design, essential for maintaining its electrical, mechanical and thermal performance. The Nb3Sn magnet fabrication process involves coil reaction at high temperature and then impregnation with epoxy to restore the insulation electrical and mechanical properties. The traditional epoxy offers adequate structural and electrical properties, but has a low radiation strength which limits the lifetime of accelerator magnets operating in severe radiation environments. Studies to replace epoxy as impregnation material for Nb3Sn coils with high radiation-resistant material have started at FNAL ten years ago. The studies concentrated on the Matrimid® 5292, a bismaleimide based material, which has appropriate viscosity and potlife as well as provides excellent mechanical, electrical and thermal coil properties. A 1 m long Nb3Sn quadrupole coil was recently fabricated, impregnated with Matrimid and tested in a quadrupole magnetic mirror at 4.2 and 1.9 K. Coil test results are presented and compared to the results for similar coils impregnated with epoxy.