The Magnet Lab at Florida State University (Tallahassee)
Science Focus
Our 900 MHz, 21.1 tesla ultra-wide bore NMR magnet gives researchers the largest experimental space available anywhere.
The Magnet Lab's Tallahassee headquarters is located about 2.5 miles from Florida State University's main campus and just a block from the College of Engineering that FSU operates jointly with Florida A&M University (see map). Every year the 370,000-square-foot complex and the powerful tools it houses attract hundreds of visiting scientists as well as some 10,000 students and other curious visitors who tour the facility or engage in hands-on learning. The magnets are used for a wide array of research across many scientific fields, and are essential for probing the mysteries of nature that lead to new materials and technology. Scientists here explore areas such as superconductivity, with its potential to revolutionize the electric power industry; the development of life-saving new drugs; and basic research that could lead to advanced quantum computers.
Key Facilities
The Tallahassee site is home to more than a dozen high-field magnets as well as associated spectrometers and other instruments. Many of these tools hold world records for their strength or other important features. Some of our key facilities are listed below. (A tesla is a measure of magnetic field strength. The Earth's magnetic field is one twenty thousandth of a tesla.)
- The 45 tesla world-record hybrid magnet, which produces the highest field of any continuous field magnet in the world
- 35 tesla world record resistive magnet (Florida-Bitter design)
- 25 tesla, wide-bore magnet for magnetic resonance research
- 14.5 tesla, shielded superconducting magnet for ICR — the highest field ICR magnet in the world
- 830 MHz (megahertz) spectrometer for Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), with a 19.6 tesla superconducting magnet
- 900 MHz, 21.1 tesla ultra-wide bore NMR magnet — giving researchers the largest experimental space to date
Other key resources include:
- Programs and labs devoted to Condensed Matter, Electron Magnetic Resonance (EMR), Ion Cyclotron Resonance (ICR), Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and geochemistry
- A world-renowned Magnet Science and Technology Group, which includes Materials Development and Characterization Facilities and the Large Magnet Component Test Laboratory
- The Applied Superconductivity Center (ASC), which relocated to the Magnet Lab from the University of Wisconsin in 2006
- A state-of-the-art image furnace capable of growing crystals such as magnetic oxides and high-temperature superconductors
- The Center for Integrating Research and Learning, offering programs and resources to teachers and students at all levels
- An impressive utility infrastructure that features a 56 megawatt (MW) power supply and a 4.2 million gallon chilled water plant
Visit our contact page for a list of key personnel at our Tallahassee site, and see our interactive map for details on locations.
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