The invention discloses a preparation method of a
magnesium diboride superconducting wire taking
magnesium tetraboride as precursor
powder.
Magnesium tetraboride is synthesized through the
thermal decomposition reaction of
magnesium borohydride and
boron powder,
precious metal elements are doped in the magnesium tetraboride
powder, a Mg rod is fixed to the center of an Nb tube on the basis of a center magnesium
diffusion method, the space between the Mg rod and the Nb tube is filled with the
precious metal-doped magnesium tetraboride powder, a single-core wire is prepared through cold
machining, and after the two ends of the wire are flattened, the single-core wire is prepared into the high-strength
magnesium alloy. And carrying out primary
sintering in a tubular furnace to generate a
magnesium diboride superconducting phase, bundling and stacking the primarily sintered wires, and carrying out secondary densification pressure
sintering to obtain the
magnesium diboride superconducting wire. The
magnesium diboride superconducting wire prepared by the method is high in density and free of superconducting harmful phases, so that the magnesium
diboride superconducting wire has good superconducting performance. The preparation method disclosed by the invention is simple, required equipment is relatively common, the cost is low, and the preparation method has very strong feasibility in the aspect of actual production and application.