Polymer Room Temperature Superconductors Near-Term Applications

Revolutionary ambient temperature superconductors made of polymers have been invented. Early examples were unstable. A proprietary new material has demonstrated stability. Samples are available in thin film form, with superconductivity in the thin dimension. The materials have carried 80 ampere currents in clusters of filaments 1-2 microns in diameter, indicating a current density of 3,000,000 amperes/cm2. To date, tests have been made in magnetic fields of up to 9 Tesla with positive results. Wire prototypes are anticipated to result from ongoing efforts during 1995. The critical temperature (Tc) is presently 700 Kelvin. This is also the melting point of the, proprietary, polymer. This project will explore several possible applications of the new material to fuzes. It will characterize samples of the material and analyze the feasibility of: Miniature Superconductor Batteries; Josephson junctions for computation; Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices (SQUIDS) for magnetic sensing; Superconducting magnetic shielding.