Rong Fu top-up scholarship - Effect of a static magnetic field on the physical properties of electrically conductive liquids

Project Member(s): Cortie, M., Solina, D.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering Post Graduate Research Awards)
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering Post Graduate Research Awards)

Start year: 2022

Summary: Electrically conductive liquids contain moving ions or atoms that are electrically charged. These should experience a Lorentz force when a strong static magnetic field is applied. The result in some cases is altered convection and an increase in viscosity. The present project will use neutron and X-ray techniques to probe atomic movements in these liquids in order to elucidate the associated phenomena.

FOR Codes: Expanding knowledge in the physical sciences, Condensed matter characterisation technique development

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UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.