Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0219629

Funded Activity Summary

Fabrication and Characterisation of Magnesium Diboride Superconducting Wires. The newly discovered superconductivity at 40K in magnesium diboride (MgB2) opens a technical window to a range of electric power applications, previously thought accessible only with high temperature superconductors. The aim of the proposed project is to investigate the fabricability and properties of MgB2 superconducting wires using a number of processing techniques established in previous low temperature and high temperature superconductors. The expected outcome is to have a MgB2 conductor that has a higher performance in a field than niobium-titanium (NbTi) alloy, a higher operating temperature (up to 20K), but at a cost less than currently commercial NbTi wire.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 29-04-2002

End Date: 29-12-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $310,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Materials Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Inorganic Chemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Condensed Matter Physics - Electronic and Magnetic Properties; Superconductivity | Materials Engineering |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Iron and steel (e.g. ingots, bars, rods, shapes and sections) | Energy distribution not elsewhere classified

Other Keywords

Condensed Matter Physics - Electronic and Magnetic Properties; Superconductivity | Energy distribution not elsewhere classified | Inorganic Chemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Iron and steel (e.g. ingots, bars, rods, shapes and sections) | Materials Engineering | Materials Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified

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