Vanadium gallium

Vanadium-gallium (V₃Ga) a superconducting alloy of vanadium and gallium often used for the high field insert coils of superconducting electromagnets.

Contents

• Superconducting properties
• Fabrication of superconductive wires or tapes
• References

Vanadium-gallium tape is used in superconducting magnets (17.5 teslas or 175,000 gauss). The structure of the superconducting A15 phase of V₃Ga is similar to that of the more common Nb₃Sn and Nb₃Ti.

The high field characteristics can be improved by doping with high-Z elements such as Nb, Ta, Sn, Pt and Pb