The fully superconducting magnet, with a central magnetic field of 35.6 tesla and a usable aperture of 35 millimeters, was developed using the Synergetic Extreme Condition User Facility , the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) said Tuesday.
This magnet is a user magnet designed to support domestic and international research teams in conducting cutting-edge research.
This record-breaking magnetic field is about 12 to 24 times stronger than a medical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system , the strongest magnetic field humans have access to in everyday life, and more than 700,000 times the strength of Earth's magnetic field.
The development of this fully superconducting user magnet includes the design, manufacturing, and integration stages of the superconducting magnet system by the Institute of Electrical Engineering under the auspices of CAS, as well as solving various problems such as health monitoring and precision measurement for high-temperature superconducting magnets by the Institute of Physics under the auspices of CAS.
The successful development of this magnet is the result of joint efforts and collaborative research by both institutions.
This achievement provides experimental conditions with ultra-high magnetic fields that are essential for cutting-edge research in fields such as materials science and life sciences, CAS said.
This will help researchers explore still-mysterious phenomena in the microworld and accelerate major scientific discoveries and technological innovations in basic research and high-end equipment manufacturing in China and globally.
High-field superconducting magnets are devices that achieve zero electrical resistance and produce strong magnetic fields at very low temperatures.
This device has very high magnetic field intensity, uniformity, and stability, with very low energy consumption.
As one of the core facilities in modern technology, this magnet has significant application value in national science and technology (iptek) infrastructure, advanced scientific instruments, high-end medical equipment, energy, and transportation.
