Talk:Superconducting magnet

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Help with this template Comments: edit – history – watch – refresh The article about superconducting magnets makes no mention of ceramic high temperature superconductors. American Superconductor - http://www.amsuper.com/ - has developed superconductor wire using the ceramic high temperature superconductors. They use a procedure that is similar to the production of fiber optic cable. Their products have included magnets sold to Australia for a cyclotron and a giant superconductor "battery" to help prevent brownouts in Europe. It seems that the majority of their production now is military related.

Does anybody have references for this? Maybe mention the 1941 discovery of niobium nitride, the 1953 discovery of superconducting vanadium, the or the Westinghouse developments?

Contents 1 Use section 2 Increasing operator's heart rate 3 Switching the current 4 They come in non-electro too

[edit] Use section

This used to read:

Superconducting magnets can reach a much higher magnetic field intensity than normal magnets and they can hold this field for a long time. This is particularly needed in particle accelerators and nuclear magnetic resonance. For economic reasons these magnets are also used when a field of more than 1 tesla must be maintained for a long time.

which is all a bit wrong. I rewrote it and added the stuff on quenching. It might need a tidy up, I'm a bit tired, and - um - my magnet just quenched, which is why I've got time to do this.

147.173.84.232 19:53, 14 December 2006 (UTC)Nick

[edit] Increasing operator's heart rate

Why does quenching increases heart rate? Or is this a joke? Then it should be removed. Alexander Iwaschkin 16:09, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

I dunno. Possibly if its not a joke the increase is because of electrical interference? you know, like what a pacemaker does? maybe? Although, it does look a bit like a joke.

This really looks like a joke. I think I'll remove it! Besides, someone with a pacemaker will not be using a superconducting magnet, I think. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.198.64.210 (talk) 23:52, 17 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Switching the current

I'm curious, how, in practical terms, the current is dumped into the magnet and then the magnet is switched to a closed loop. — Omegatron 19:31, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] They come in non-electro too

They come as ordenary looking magnets as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1yzH_7NIMg

They are verry cool, but ommited from this article

Alan2here 21:55, 5 June 2007 (UTC)