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Stacked-tape trapped-field superconducting magnets - Edging ahead?

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Abstract

Conventional permanent magnet materials, such as NdFeB, have remanent magnetisations which are intrinsically limited to less than 1.5T. Somewhat higher fields can be achieved using Halbach arrays [1] but progress in developing higher performance materials is challenging [2]. Conversely, in a superconducting pseudo-permanent magnet the trapped magnetic field arises due to macroscopic transport currents flowing in what is essentially a single turn coil. Consequently, the maximum achievable trapped magnetic field scales with the radius of the magnet. Such pseudo-permanent superconducting trapped field magnets can exhibit trapped fields of over 17 T which have the potential to find wide applications [3].

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40 Engineering, 4016 Materials Engineering, 51 Physical Sciences, 5104 Condensed Matter Physics

Journal Title

Superconductor Science and Technology

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Journal ISSN

0953-2048
1361-6668

Volume Title

35

Publisher

IOP Publishing