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Created the world's strongest electromagnet

19.06.2019

Scientists at the University of Florida's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) have set a new record for the strongest permanent magnetic field generated by a new electromagnet with superconducting coils. In the same laboratory is the previous holder of this record, an electromagnet that generates a field with a force of 45 Tesla, and a new electromagnet produces a field with a force of 45.5 Tesla. It doesn't sound like a huge breakthrough, but it does pave the way for even more powerful magnets based on the use of superconductivity.

Note that scientists have long been creating strong magnetic fields using inductors called solenoids. When an electric current passes through the windings of a coil, it creates a magnetic field. An increase in the strength of the current flowing through the windings leads to an increase in the generated magnetic field.

The 45 Tesla electromagnet was the strongest DC electromagnet for nearly two decades. This device was the key device around which all MagLab activities were concentrated, but in this laboratory there is also another magnet with windings "having electrical resistance", roughly speaking, a copper coil that produces a magnetic field with a force of 33.6 Tesla. The windings of this magnet carry a power of 31 MW, and in order to remove the generated heat from them, it is necessary to pump thousands of liters of pre-chilled water.

Created in the MagLab laboratory, the new electromagnet is called "Little Big Coil 3", its assembled size does not exceed the size of a beer glass. Its superconducting windings are not made from the traditional tin-niobium alloy, but instead use a new REBCO (rare-earth-barium-copper-oxide) material that becomes superconductive at a higher temperature. The thickness of the tape of this material does not exceed the thickness of a human hair, which makes it possible to wind it very tightly. The scientists replaced the insulating material with a new material that does not affect the superconductivity of the windings and does not distort the generated magnetic field. This whole set of measures made it possible to increase the current density in the windings and obtain a record strength of the field generated by them.

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