Superconducting magnets

AUG 01, 1971

Stable, reliable and homogeneous fields in the 50–100 kilogauss range are now readily available, thanks to a decade of development on superconducting materials and methods.

DOI: 10.1063/1.3022883

John K. Hulm

Don J. Kasun

Edward Mullan

In the last ten years we have seen the development of high‐field superconducting magnet technology from the announcement, in 1961, of the first solenoids to the present day, when around a thousand magnet systems are in use in scientific laboratories throughout the world. A scientist interested in magnetic‐field effects can now obtain a reliable magnet to generate a homogeneous and steady field in the 50–100 kilogauss range for a capital investment of about 25 cents per gauss.

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More about the Authors

John K. Hulm. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa..

Don J. Kasun. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa..

Edward Mullan. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pa..