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ULTRAFINE FILAMENT NBTI SUPERCONDUCTORS

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Energy 		Branch:
N/A 		Award ID:
10845 		Program Year/Program:
1990 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
10845 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Intermagnetics General Corp
450 Old Niskayuna Rd P.o. Box 461 Latham, NY 12110
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 2
Fiscal Year: 1990
Title: ULTRAFINE FILAMENT NBTI SUPERCONDUCTORS
Agency: DOE
Contract: N/A
Award Amount: $499,950.00
 

Abstract:

MULTIFILAMENTARY SUPERCONDUCTORS WITH VERY FINE NBTI FILAMENT DIAMETERS RANGING FROM 5 TO 9 MICRONS HAVE BEEN MANUFACTURED SUCCESSFULLY IN PRODUCTION QUANTITIES FOR ACCELERATOR MAGNET APPLICATIONS. THESE CONDUCTORS HAVE HIGH CURRENT DENSITY (3,000 A/MM(2) AT 5 T AND 1,250 A/MM(2)AT 8 T), LOW MAGNETIZATION, GOOD FILAMENT QUALITY ('N' (5T) = 60 AND 'N' (8T) = 35), AND LOW PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION CAUSED BY CABLING. FUTURE ACCELERATOR MAGNET APPLICATIONS REQUIRE EVEN FINER DIAMETER FILAMENTS (LESS THAN 3 MICRONS) WHILE RETAINING ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS SIMILAR TO THOSE DEMONSTRATED IN TODAY'S STATE-OF-THE-ART CONDUCTORS. THIS STUDY WILL FOCUS ON TWO DIFFERENT CONDUCTOR DESIGNS AND MANUFACTURING METHODS NECESSARY TO PRODUCE HIGH CURRENT DENSITY, LOW MAGNETIZATION, DUCTILE NBTI SUPERCONDUCTORS WITH FILAMENT DIAMETERS LESS THAN 3 MICRONS. MODEL COMPOSITES WILL BE DESIGNED AND PROCESSED TO FINAL SIZE. THE FINISHED PRODUCT WILL HAVE HIGH QUALITY FILAMENTS IN THE SIZE RANGE OF 5 TO 1MICRONS WITH SUFFICIENT INTERFILAMENT SPACING AND/OR AN APPROPRIATE MATRIX MATERIAL TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE FILAMENT COUPLING. THE ACTUAL DESIGNS AND PROCESSES USED TO PRODUCE THESE CONDUCTORS WILL BE BASED UPON THE MOST UP-TO-DATE UNDERSTANDING OF THE PRODUCTION OF FINE FILAMENT NBTI SUPERCONDUCTORS. ONE DESIGN WILL EVALUATE A NOVEL, YET COST-EFFECTIVE, MANUFACTURING APPROACH TO MAKE FINE FILAMENT CONDUCTORS.

Principal Investigator:

Dr Hem Kanithi
Principal Investigator
2037535215

Business Contact:

Small Business Information at Submission:

Igc/advanced Superconductors
1875 Thomaston Ave Waterbury, CT 06704

EIN/Tax ID:
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees: N/A
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No