No-Insulation (NI) HTS Inserts for >1 GHz LTS/HTS NMR Magnets

A no-insulation (NI) technique has been applied to wind and test a NI HTS (YBCO) double-pancake coil at 4.2 K. Having little detrimental effect on field-current relationship, the absence of turn-to-turn insulation enabled the test coil to survive a quench at a coil current density of 1.58 kA/mm(2). The NIHTS coil is compact and self-protecting, two features suitable for large high-field magnets. To investigate beneficial impacts of the NI technique on >1 GHz LTS/HTS NMR magnets, we have designed six new NI HTS inserts for our ongoing 1.3 GHz LTS/HTS NMR magnet, which require less costly LTS background magnets than the original insulated HTS insert. A net result will be a significant reduction in the overall cost of an LTS/HTS NMR magnet, at 1.3 GHz and above.