Abstract: A tantalum lead wire for capacitors having improved grain growth characteristics is disclosed. The lead preferably comprises a Niobium core having a surface consisting of many discrete layers of Tantalum surrounding the Niobium.

Abstract: A tantalum lead wire for capacitors having improved grain growth characteristics is disclosed. The lead preferably comprises a Niobium core having a surface consisting of many discrete layers of tantalum surrounding the Niobium.

Abstract: A tantalum lead wire for capacitors having improved grain growth characteristics is disclosed. The lead preferably comprises a Niobium core having a surface consisting of many discrete layers of Tantalum surrounding the Niobium.

Abstract: A stable, high field, high current conductor is produced by packing multiple, multi-layer rods of a bronze core and niobium or vanadium inner jacket and copper outer jacket into a pure copper tube or other means for forming a pure copper matrix, sealing, working the packed tube to a wire, and by diffusion, heat treating to form a type II superconducting, Beta-Wolfram structure, intermetallic compound as a layer within each of several filaments derived from the rods. The layer of Beta-Wolfram structure compound may be formed in less than 2 hours of diffusion heat treatment in a thickness of 0.5-2 microns.