• Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) Synonyms:

magnesium diboride powder, MgB2, magnesium boride powder, magnesium boride pieces, magnesium boride single crystal, magnesium boride targets, magnesium diboride pieces, magnesium diboride single crystal, magnesium diboride targets, CAS# 12007-25-9   

• Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) Designations:

Chemical Formula: MgB₂

Chemical Name: Magnesium boride / Magnesium diboride

• Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) Description:

a) Magnesium diboride (MgB2) is an inexpensive and simple superconductor. Its superconductivity was announced in the journal Nature in March 2001. Its critical temperature (Tc) of 39 K (-234 °C; -389 °F) is the highest amongst conventional superconductors. This material was first synthesized and its structure confirmed in 1953, but its superconducting properties were not discovered until 2001. The discovery caused great excitement.

b) Though generally believed to be a conventional (phonon-mediated) superconductor, it is a rather unusual one. Its electronic structure is such that there exist two types of electrons at the Fermi level with widely differing behaviours, one of them (sigma-bonding) being much more strongly superconducting than the other (pi-bonding). This is at odds with usual theories of phonon-mediated superconductivity which assume that all electrons behave in the same manner. Theoretical understanding of the properties of MgB2 has almost been achieved with two energy gaps. In 2001 it was regarded as behaving more like a low-Tc metallic than a high-Tc cuprate superconductor.

• Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) Superconductivity Situation:

a) Magnesium diboride has been known to scientists for approximately 50 years, however, no one had ever investigated superconductivity in the material – whether it could conduct electrical current perfectly, without resistance, when cooled to temperatures near absolute zero.

b) That all changed in January 2001 when Jun Akimitsu of Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo announced he and his research team had discovered that magnesium diboride becomes superconducting at 39 Kelvin (-389 F), nearly twice the temperature of current intermetallic superconductors. The announcement had experimentalists around the world rushing to duplicate and confirm the Japanese findings.

• Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) Nominal Chemical Purities Available:

Typical purity= 99% (Ca= <600 ppm)

• Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) Typical Granulations Available:

Targets, single crystal, pieces, and powder granulations of 100 mesh by down, 150 X 325 mesh, 325 mesh X 10 microns, and 325 mesh by down.

• Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) Nominal Physical Constants:

Molecular Weight (g/mol.)
 45.93
 
Density (g/cm3)
 4.52
 
Melting Point (°C)
 2970
 
Tc (°K)
 ~ 37
 
Poisson's Ratio
 0.1 - 0.15
 
Thermal conductivity (W/m.K)
 25
 
Knoop Hardness
 1800
 
Ionic Formula
 Mg1.68+B0.84-2
 
EINECS-No.:
 2345012 

• Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) Typical Applications:

a) Due to its high hardness, extreme melting point and chemical inertness, TiB2 is a candidate for a number of applications.

b) Superconductive properties

• Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) Packaging Options:

Bags, drums and bulk bags

• Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) TSCA (SARA Title III) Status:

Listed. For further information please call the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at +1.202.554.1404

• Magnesium Diboride (MgB2) CAS Number:

CAS# 12007-25-9