Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP160100104
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Development of novel high performance aluminium alloys containing scandium. Development of novel high performance aluminium alloys containing scandium. This project aims to develop a new generation of aerospace aluminium alloys containing scandium. Over 30 million tonnes of high performance aluminium alloys are produced annually. Early investigations showed many beneficial effects of scandium on alloy behaviour, but research was abandoned due to scandium’s high cost. Australia has the largest deposit of scandium in the world, and Australian sustainable extraction technology will markedly lower the price. This project believes that now is an ideal time to capitalise scandium’s beneficial effects and be at the forefront of this new alloy development strategy. Anticipated outcomes are the creation of a new market with economic and sustainable opportunities for the Australian mining sector.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 11-2016
End Date: 12-2019
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $400,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Aerospace Materials | Manufacturing Processes and Technologies (excl. Textiles) | Materials Engineering | Metals and Alloy Materials
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Mining and Extraction of Titanium Minerals, Zircon, and Rare Earth Metal Ores (e.g. Monazite) | Expanding Knowledge in the Physical Sciences | Structural Metal Products |
