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There certainly are consequences concerning science and research of electromagnetic fields and radiation, fusion power research and application. Direct real wo

There certainly are consequences concerning science and research of electromagnetic fields and radiation, fusion power research and application. Direct real world applications? There are none, really. Where would you need 1000 T which basically makes everything metallic evaporate in it's vicinity?

paganel 8y ago
> Where would you need 1000 T which basically makes everything metallic evaporate in it's vicinity? There are lots of metallic big things on different types of battlefields, like tanks or even aircraft carriers, it would be really helpful for the opposing sides to be able to “evaporate” them. Not sure how close to implementing this as a weapon we are, though, probably not that much.
- dschuetz 8y ago
  I see, my imagination is lacking weaponry.
- rangibaby 8y ago
  > There are lots of metallic big things on different types of battlefields, like tanks or even aircraft carriers, it would be really helpful for the opposing sides to be able to “evaporate” them. Not sure how close to implementing this as a weapon we are, though, probably not that much. 70 years ago
speeder 8y ago
When I read the first article about his some days ago, the authors of the experiment were happy with the result, and said it is useful for fusion power. Seemly some fusion power reactor designs DO need a temporary very strong magnetic field.
amelius 8y ago
> Where would you need 1000 T which basically makes everything metallic evaporate in it's vicinity? Hmm, does that mean it would evaporate a Faraday cage?
- dschuetz 8y ago
  It depends on dimensions of the cage, of course, and in case the cage is not grounded the resulting inductive eddy currents could easily melt/ blow up the cage. Provided the magnetic flux is strong enough the cage also could easily be evaporated/desintegrated. See the Z-Pinch project of Sandia Labs where a tiny tungsten cage was evaporated in femtoseconds iirc. https://www.sandia.gov/z-machine/ https://www.sandia.gov/z-machine/

paganel 8y ago

> Where would you need 1000 T which basically makes everything metallic evaporate in it's vicinity? There are lots of metallic big things on different types of battlefields, like tanks or even aircraft carriers, it would be really helpful for the opposing sides to be able to “evaporate” them. Not sure how close to implementing this as a weapon we are, though, probably not that much.

dschuetz 8y ago
I see, my imagination is lacking weaponry.
rangibaby 8y ago
> There are lots of metallic big things on different types of battlefields, like tanks or even aircraft carriers, it would be really helpful for the opposing sides to be able to “evaporate” them. Not sure how close to implementing this as a weapon we are, though, probably not that much. 70 years ago

speeder 8y ago

When I read the first article about his some days ago, the authors of the experiment were happy with the result, and said it is useful for fusion power. Seemly some fusion power reactor designs DO need a temporary very strong magnetic field.

amelius 8y ago

> Where would you need 1000 T which basically makes everything metallic evaporate in it's vicinity? Hmm, does that mean it would evaporate a Faraday cage?

dschuetz 8y ago
It depends on dimensions of the cage, of course, and in case the cage is not grounded the resulting inductive eddy currents could easily melt/ blow up the cage. Provided the magnetic flux is strong enough the cage also could easily be evaporated/desintegrated. See the Z-Pinch project of Sandia Labs where a tiny tungsten cage was evaporated in femtoseconds iirc. https://www.sandia.gov/z-machine/ https://www.sandia.gov/z-machine/