The present disclosure relates to an electromagnetic field control member, the member being used in accelerators or the like for accelerating charged particles such as electrons and heavy particles.
In the related art, there has been a demand for high speed, high magnetic field power, and high repeatability with regard to an electromagnetic field control member that is used in accelerators for accelerating charged particles such as electrons and heavy particles. For such improvements in performance, Ceramics Chamber with integrated Pulsed-Magnet (hereinafter referred to as CCiPM) has been proposed by Chikaori Mitsuda et al. of the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (Non Patent Document 1).
CCiPM includes an insulating member having a cylindrical shape, the insulating member being made of a ceramic; a through hole formed along an axial direction of the insulating member, the through hole extending through a thickness direction of the insulating member; and a coil having a substrate shape, the coil being embedded in the through hole. The coil serves as a part of a partition wall that separates the inside and outside of the insulating member, and ensures airtightness inside the insulating member.
An electromagnetic field control member according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first insulating member made of a ceramic having a tubular shape, the first insulating member having a plurality of through holes extending in an axial direction; a conductive member made of a metal, the conductive member sealing off each of the through holes and leaving an opening portion in the through hole, the opening portion opening to an outer periphery of the first insulating member; a power feed terminal connected to the conductive member; and flanges respectively located at two ends of the first insulating member. A second insulating member made of a ceramic having a tubular shape is disposed on an outer peripheral side of the first insulating member, and includes two ends that are hermetically fixed to the flanges, respectively.
An electromagnetic field control member according to an embodiment of the present disclosure will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the present example, an example of a ceramic chamber with an integrated pulsed magnet (CCiPM) is described as an embodiment of the electromagnetic field control member.
As illustrated in
The first insulating member 11 includes a plurality of through holes 3 extending in an axial direction. Here, “axial direction” refers to a direction along a center axis of the insulating member 1 made of the ceramic having the tubular shape. Further, the second insulating member 12 includes through holes 31 that communicate with the through holes 3 of the first insulating member 11.
The insulating member 1 includes a plurality of first power feed terminals 5 and a plurality of second power feed terminals 6 on two end surfaces thereof, respectively. As illustrated in
As illustrated in
Here, two end surfaces of the conductive member 4 in the axial direction are preferably curved surfaces that extend in the axial direction in a plan view.
In a configuration in which both end surfaces of the conductive member 4 in the axial direction have such a shape, thermal stress remaining near both end surfaces of the conductive member 4 in the axial direction can be reduced even when heating and cooling are repeated.
As illustrated in
Furthermore, in a configuration in which the through hole 3 includes the tapered surface, an angle θ1 (see
At least one of both end surfaces forming the through hole 4 may be inclined toward one of both ends in the axial direction in the cross-sectional view illustrated in
On the other hand, the width between inner walls of the through hole 31 of the second insulating member 12 is substantially constant from an inner peripheral side toward an outer peripheral side of the second insulating member 12. That is, as illustrated in
Note that, as with the through hole 3, the through hole 31 may include a tapered surface for which the width between the inner walls of the through hole 31 gradually increases.
The conductive member 4 ensures a conductive region for driving an induced current excited so as to accelerate or deflect electrons, heavy particles, and the like that move within the space 14. The conductive member 4 may include a flat surface on the inner peripheral side of the first insulating member 11, but, as illustrated in
The first power feed terminals 5 and the second power feed terminals 6 are each inserted into corresponding ones of the through holes 31 of the second insulating member 12 and connected to the conductive member 4 within the through hole 3 of the first insulating member 11, so as to provide electrical power to the conductive member 4 at or near two ends of the conductive member 4 disposed along the axial direction.
Further, as illustrated in
The metallization layer 15 includes, for example, molybdenum as a main constituent and manganese as well. Furthermore, a surface of the metallization layer 15 may include a metal layer including nickel as a main constituent.
The thickness of the metallization layer 15 is, for example, 15 μm or more and 45 μm or less. The thickness of the metal layer is, for example, 0.01 μm or more and 0.1 μm or less.
The conductive member 4 is bonded to the first insulating member 11 by a brazing material such as a silver solder (e.g., BAg-8, BAg-8A, BAg-8B) via the metallization layer 15 or the metal layer.
As illustrated in
The first sleeve 20 is bonded to the second insulating member 12 by a brazing material such as silver solder (e.g., BAg-8, BAg-8A, BAg-8B) via the metallization layer 22 formed on the inner wall surface of the second insulating member 12.
The pin 18 of the first power feed terminal 5 includes the line 16 connected to a rear end portion thereof located on the outer peripheral side of the second insulating member 12. The pin 18 and the line 16 are made of, for example, an oxygen-free copper (e.g., alloy number C1020 as specified in JIS H 3100:2012 or alloy number C1011 as specified in JIS H 3510:2012). The block 19 is screw-fastened to and securely holds the pin 18, and includes a bottom surface fixed to a surface of the conductive member 4. The conductive member 4 is interposed between the metallization layers 15 formed on both of the inner walls of the first insulating member 11 and is brazed to the first insulating member 1 via the metallization layer 15. Accordingly, the conductive member 4 is securely held.
For example, the block 19 is made of an oxygen-free copper (e.g., C1020, C1011), and the first sleeve 20 and the second sleeve 21 are both made of titanium (e.g., types 1, 2, 3, 4 as specified in JIS H4600:2012). The first sleeve 20 and the second sleeve 21 are bonded, for example, by TIG welding, which is a type of arc welding method, and the pin 18 and the second sleeve 21 are bonded by a brazing material such as a silver solder (e.g., BAg-8, BAg-8A, BAg-8B), both hermetically sealing gas that may leak from a gap of a screw portion between the block 19 and the pin 18 toward the outside. In a configuration in which both the first sleeve 20 and the second sleeve 21 are made of titanium, TIG welding is facilitated, and reliability of airtightness is improved.
The second power feed terminal 6 illustrated in
As illustrated in
As illustrated in
The annular base portion 2a includes mounting holes 2d at equal intervals along the circumferential direction for connecting with a flange on a vacuum pump side (not illustrated), and a fastening member such as a bolt is inserted into each of the mounting holes 2d. Thus, the flanges are fastened to each other.
The flanges 2, the shaft S, and the nuts are preferably made of an austenitic stainless steel. An austenitic stainless steel is non-magnetic, and thus effects of magnetism caused by the flanges 2 on the electromagnetic field control member 100 can be reduced. In particular, the flanges 2 are preferably made of SUS304L and SUS304L, respectively. SUS304L and SUS304L are stainless steels that are not prone to grain boundary corrosion. Thus, in a configuration in which the extending portion 2b is TIG welded to the outer peripheral surface of the annular base portion 2a, and when the annular base portion 2a and the extending portion 2b are at a high temperature, grain boundary corrosion is unlikely to occur, and the airtightness of the annular base portion 2a is unlikely to be impaired. TIG welding of the extending portion 2b to the outer peripheral surface of the annular base portion 2a may be intermittent welding or continuous welding along the thickness direction.
The second insulating member 12 is fixed to the flange 2 by a first sealing means to be hermetically sealed. As illustrated in
Additionally, the sleeve 9 is bonded to an inner peripheral surface of the flange 2 using TIG welding so as to be hermetically sealed.
The first and second power feed terminals 5, 6 are hermetically bonded and fixed to the inner walls of the through hole 31 formed in the second insulating member 12 by a second sealing means. Examples of the second sealing means include, as illustrated in
Through the first sealing means, the second sealing means, and the TIG welding of the sleeve 9 and the flange 2, as described above, the airtightness of the electromagnetic field control member 100 can be, for example, 1.3×10−11 Pa m3/s or less as measured by a helium leak detector.
An outer peripheral side of each of end portions of the first insulating member 11 may include a flat surface on an extension line in the axial direction of the through hole 3.
The flat surface can partially widen a gap between the first insulating member 11 and the second insulating member 12 at each of the end portions, and thus can facilitate exhaust from the gap between the first insulating member 11 and the second insulating member 12.
An outer peripheral side of each of end portions of the second insulating member 12 may include a flat surface on an extension line in the axial direction of the through hole 31.
The flat surface allows the first power feed terminals 5 and the second power feed terminals 6 each to be mounted on a corresponding one of the conductive members 4 without the second insulating member 11 rolling, thus facilitating the mounting process.
An example of the flat surface is a D cut surface, which is a surface in which an outer peripheral surface on the extension line in the axial direction of the through hole 3 or 31 has been removed.
The first insulating member 11 has electrical insulation and non-magnetic properties, examples of which include a ceramic having aluminum oxide as a main constituent and a ceramic having zirconium oxide as a main constituent, a ceramic having aluminum oxide as a main constituent being particularly preferable. The average particle size of aluminum oxide crystals is preferably 5 μm or more and 20 μm or less.
When the average particle size of the aluminum oxide crystals is within the range described above, a surface area of a grain boundary phase per unit surface area decreases compared with when the average particle size is less than 5 μm, and thus thermal conductivity improves. On the other hand, the surface area of the grain boundary phase per unit surface area increases, compared with when the average particle size exceeds 20 μm, and the adhesiveness of the metallization layer 15 increases due to the anchor effect of the metallization layer 15 in the grain boundary phase, such that reliability improves and mechanical properties increase.
To measure the particle size of the aluminum oxide crystals, a first polishing step is performed on a copper grinder from a surface of the first insulating member 11 in a depth direction using diamond abrasive particles having an average particle size D50 of 3 μm. Thereafter, a second polishing step is performed on a tin grinder using diamond abrasive particles having an average particle size D50 of 0.5 μm. The depth of polishing including the first polishing step and the second polishing step is, for example, 0.6 mm. A polished surface obtained by the polishing steps is subjected to thermal treatment at 1480° C. until crystal particles and a grain boundary layer are distinguishable, and an observation surface is obtained. The thermal treatment is performed for approximately 30 minutes, for example.
A thermally treated surface is observed under an optical microscope and photographed, for example, at a magnification factor of 400×. In a captured image, a surface area of 4.8747×102 μm is used as a measuring range. By analyzing the measuring range using image analysis software (e.g., Win ROOF, manufactured by Mitsubishi Corporation), particle sizes of individual crystals can be obtained, and an average particle size of the crystals is an arithmetic average of the particle sizes of the individual crystals.
Here, the kurtosis of the particle size distribution of the aluminum oxide crystals is preferably 0 or more. Accordingly, variations in the particle sizes of the crystals are suppressed and thus localized reduction in mechanical strength is less likely to occur. In particular, the kurtosis of the particle size distribution of the aluminum oxide crystals is preferably 0.1 or more.
“Kurtosis” generally refers to a statistical amount that indicates a degree to which a distribution deviates from the normal distribution, indicating the sharpness of the peak and the spread of the tail. When the kurtosis is less than 0, the peak is gentle and the tail is short. When the kurtosis is larger than 0, the peak is sharp and the tail is long. The kurtosis of a normal distribution is 0.
The kurtosis can be determined by the function Kurt provided in Excel (Microsoft Corporation), using the particle sizes of the crystals described above. To make the kurtosis 0 or more, for example, the kurtosis of the particle size distribution of aluminum oxide powder, which is a raw material, may be set to 0 or more.
Here, “ceramic having aluminum oxide as a main constituent” refers to a ceramic having an aluminum oxide content, with Al converted to Al2O3, of 90% by mass or more, with respect to all the constituents constituting the ceramic being 100% by mass. Constituents other than the main constituent may include, for example, at least one of silicon oxide, calcium oxide, or magnesium oxide.
Here, “ceramic having zirconium oxide as a main constituent” refers to a ceramic having a zirconium oxide content, with Zr converted to ZrO2, of 90% by mass or more, with respect to all the constituents constituting the ceramic being 100% by mass. Examples of the constituents other than the main constituent may include yttrium oxide.
Here, the constituents constituting the ceramic can be identified from measurement results by an X-ray diffractometer using a CuKα beam, and the content of each of the components can be determined, for example, with an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) emission spectrophotometer or a fluorescence X-ray spectrometer.
The second insulating member 12, in the same manner as the first insulating member 11, has electrical insulation and non-magnetic properties, includes, for example, a ceramic having aluminum oxide as the main constituent or a ceramic having zirconium oxide as the main constituent, and preferably includes a ceramic having aluminum oxide as the main constituent, in particular. Preferably, in the same manner as the first insulating member 11, the average particle size of the aluminum oxide crystals is 5 μm or more and 20 μm or less, and the kurtosis of the particle size distribution of the aluminum oxide crystals is 0 or more.
Dimensions of the first insulating member 11 are set to, for example, an outer diameter of 35 mm or more and 45 mm or less, an inner diameter of 25 mm or more and 35 mm or less, and a length in an axial direction of 350 mm or more and 370 mm or less.
Dimensions of the second insulating member 12 are set to, for example, an outer diameter of 50 mm or more and 60 mm or less, an inner diameter of 36 mm or more and 46 mm or less, and the length in the axial direction is substantially the same as that of the first insulating member 11.
When obtaining the first insulating member 11 and the second insulating member 12 that are each made of a ceramic having aluminum oxide as the main constituent, an aluminum oxide powder, which is the main constituent, a magnesium hydroxide powder, a silicon oxide powder, a calcium carbonate powder, and, as necessary, a dispersing agent that disperses an alumina powder are ground and mixed in a ball mill, a bead mill, or a vibration mill to form a slurry, and the slurry, after a binder has been added and mixed therewith, is spray dried to form granules having alumina as the main constituent.
To make the kurtosis of the particle size distribution of the aluminum oxide crystals 0 or more, the time for grinding and mixing is adjusted so that the kurtosis of the particle size distribution of the powders is 0 or more.
Here, the average particle size (D50) of the aluminum oxide powder is 1.6 μm or more and 2.0 μm or less, and of a total of 100% by mass of the powder, the content of the magnesium hydroxide powder is 0.43 to 0.53% by mass, the content of the silicon oxide powder is 0.039 to 0.041% by mass, and the content of the calcium carbonate powder is 0.020 to 0.022% by mass.
Next, the granules obtained by the method described above are filled into a molding die and a powder compact is obtained using an isostatic press method (rubber press method) or the like with a molding pressure of, for example, 98 MPa or more and 147 Mpa or less.
After molding, pilot holes having a long shape that serve as the plurality of through holes 3 along the axial direction of the first insulating member 11, pilot holes having a cylindrical shape that serve as the through holes 31 into which the power feed terminals 6 of the second insulating member 12 are inserted, and pilot holes that open end surfaces on both sides along the axial direction of the first insulating member 11 and the second insulating member 12 are formed by cut processing, each of the insulating members being a powder compact having a cylindrical shape.
As necessary, the powder compact formed by cut processing is heated for 10 to 40 hours in a nitrogen atmosphere, is held for 2 to 10 hours at 450° C. to 650° C., and then, with the binder disappearing by natural cooling, turns into a degreased body.
Then, by firing the powder compact (degreased body) in an air atmosphere at a firing temperature of 1500° C. or more and 1800° C. or less and holding the firing temperature for 4 hours or more and 6 hours or less, the first insulating member 11 and the second insulating member 12, which are each made of a ceramic having aluminum oxide as the main constituent and having an average particle size of aluminum oxide crystals of 5 μm or more and 20 μm or less, can be obtained.
The electromagnetic field control member according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes the second insulating member 12, which has a tubular shape, on the outer peripheral side of the first insulating member 11 having the tubular shape, the second insulating member 12 including two ends that are respectively hermetically bonded to the flanges 2, and thus the airtightness at both end portions of the insulating member 1 increases, and the overall airtightness of the electromagnetic field control member 100 can improve.
The electromagnetic field control member according to an embodiment of the present disclosure has been described above, but the present disclosure is not limited to the embodiment, and various changes and modifications can be made. For example, direct brazing can be performed instead of using the metallization layer, as necessary.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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2019-157327 | Aug 2019 | JP | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/JP2020/032738 | 8/28/2020 | WO |