Buffered Electropolishing -- a New Way for Achieving Extremely Smooth Surface Finish on Nb SRF Cavities To be Used in Particle Accelerators

A. T. Wu, R. A. Rimmer, X. Y. Lu +12

A new surface treatment technique for niobium (Nb) Superconducting Radio Frequency (SRF) cavities called Buffered Electropolishing (BEP) has been developed at JLab. It was found th…