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I can't go too much into details, but suffice it to say that we're not using super conductors at all. High T super conductors will be very interesting in the n
by highd 10y ago
I can't go too much into details, but suffice it to say that we're not using super conductors at all.
High T super conductors will be very interesting in the next decade, I think, but right now there are a few issues that I'm aware of:
1) The high T super conductors are almost all crystals, not ductile metals. This means it can be very difficult to form coils or other structures out of them.
2) High T super conductors generally can't withstand as high a magnetic field as the lower T super conductors. I'm not sure how practical a concern this is for MRI.
The benefit of High T super conductors is that you switch from using liquid helium as your cryogen to liquid nitrogen. This is a major simplification, but we're not all the way to room temp yet, unfortunately.
- givinguflac 10y agoBest of luck! I sincerely hope you're successful.
- highd 10y agoThank you!
- danarlow 10y agoThere several manufacturers of YBCO wire now, e.g. http://www.superpower-inc.com/content/2g-hts-wire http://www.superpower-inc.com/content/2g-hts-wire
- Baeocystin 10y agoThe specs given by the wire you linked is much more impressed than I would have guessed. Particularly the ability to maintain performance at tight radius. Glad to see things are progressing!
- highd 10y agoInteresting, I'll have to get a quote and run some numbers.
- Baeocystin 10y agoAnything public-facing that you can share with us, so I can follow along over time? I find such work both fascinating & important.
- highd 10y agoThe company is called High Q Imaging. We have a bare bones website that we'll hopefully update in the next month or so: http://www.highqimaging.com/ http://www.highqimaging.com/
- Baeocystin 10y agoThanks!