Magnets for fusion energy: High-temperature superconductor achieves new world record for electrical current
Friday, July 25, 2014 - 12:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have achieved an electrical current of 100,000 amperes, which is by far the highest in the world, by using the new idea of assembling the state-of-the-art yttrium-based high-temperature superconducting tapes to fabricate a large-scale magnet conductor.