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Advanced Multifilament Wire with Optimized Bi2212 Properties for HEP High Field Magnets

Award Information
Agency: Department of Energy
Branch: N/A
Contract: DE-FG02-06ER86289
Agency Tracking Number: 80577T06-I
Amount: $99,992.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: 40
Solicitation Number: DE-FG01-05ER05-28
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2006
Award Year: 2006
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
125 South End Road
Southington, CT 06489
United States
DUNS: N/A
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Terry Holesinger
 Dr.
 (505) 665-2911
 holesinger@lanl.gov
Business Contact
 Leszek Motowidlo
Title: Dr.
Phone: (860) 977-7416
Email: LMOTO@cox.net
Research Institution
 Los Alamos National Laboratory
 Dean Peterson
 
Superconductivity Technology C Materials Science and Technolo
Los Alamos, NM 87545
United States

 (505) 665-3164
 Federally Funded R&D Center (FFRDC)
Abstract

Future progress in understanding particle physics will require higher energy collisions, which in turn will require more energy and luminosity. More luminosity means larger apertures and bigger magnets, which in turn will require higher-performance lower-cost superconductors. This project will develop and demonstrate a low cost powder-in-tube (PIT) multifilament Bi2212 process with improved filament microstructure, achieved by the addition of grain refinements and an increase in the silver/Bi2212 interface area.. The improvements will increase the intrinsic and engineering critical current density for use in high field magnets. In Phase I, two new Bi2212 powder compositions, with additions for 2212 alignment and grain refinements, will be prepared. Mono-elements that include the new compositions will be fabricated, bundled into another silver alloy tube, and processed to wire size. Heat treatment studies will be performed to optimize the filament microstructure, reduce secondary non-superconducting phases, and prevent inter-filament bridging effects. Commercial Applications And Other Benefits as described by the Applicant: An improved cost-performance of multifilament Bi2212 conductor should benefit high field magnets in high-energy-physics (HEP) applications. The technology also should have application to nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) ¿ which is on the verge of technological explosion ¿ with requirements for use in chemical research, biochemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, polymer science, petroleum research, agricultural chemistry, and medicine.

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