Superconducting Magnets

Links & Resources

Multimedia

Cable-in-Conduit Conductors
This Flash video illustrates how these conductors are made (1 minute).
• The World's Strongest Magnet
  An audio slideshow on our world-record 45 tesla hybrid magnet, which combines the powers and advantages of both a superconducting magnet and a resistive magnet (9 minutes).
• Making Resistive Magnets
  How do you make a resistive magnet? Very carefully! As this audio slideshow demonstrates, our magnet technicians are obsessed with quality control – one of the reasons we are a world leader in magnet-making (9 minutes).

Interactive Java Tutorials

• Magnetic Field of a Solenoid
  You can create a stronger, more concentrated magnetic field by taking wire and forming it into a coil called a solenoid.

Definitions

• What's a Superconducting Magnet?
  As defined by a MagLab expert.
• What's a Resistive Magnet?
  As defined by a MagLab expert.
• What's Superconductivity?
  As defined by a MagLab expert.

Articles for Non-scientists

• Superconductivity: Current in a Cape and Thermal Tights
  They don't call it super for nothing. Once you get a superconductor going, it'll keep on ticking like the Energizer Bunny, only a lot longer. The catch is, it needs to be kept colder than Pluto.
• Making Resistive Magnets
  Building the world's best resistive magnets requires clever engineering, top-notch science, superior materials and an obsession with quality control.
• Meet the Magnets
  We’d like to introduce you to a few of the amazing magnets that make our facility so unique and make possible new discoveries in science.
• Magnets from Mini to Mighty: An Introduction for Non-scientists
  If your knowledge of magnets ends with posting a to-do list on the fridge, add this to the list: Learn more about magnets! You can start here with a straightforward rundown of different magnet types, uses and strengths, explained in a way that will help make the facts stick.

Resources for Scientists

• Magnet Science & Technology at the MagLab
• 900 MHz Reaches Full Field … Sets New Dimensions
  From NHMFL Reports, Vol. 11, Issue 4 (2004)

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Links | Full Article

Re-enroll in the Magnet Academy