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You don't need room temp superconductors to make those magnets. REBCO tape can be cooled by liquid nitrogen. It's what they are using for the various tiny Toc
by anonuser123456 6y ago
You don't need room temp superconductors to make those magnets. REBCO tape can be cooled by liquid nitrogen. It's what they are using for the various tiny Tocamak projects.
- travisoneill1 6y agoWhy is this material not used for MRI's?
- woeirua 6y agoThis material only appeared in the last 10 years as a practical way of creating strong magnetic fields. Give it enough time and you'll see most MRIs transition away from the large hulking behemoth machines that we have today into much smaller and more portable machines. Also, as an added benefit you can use liquid nitrogen to cool them instead of helium.
- anonuser123456 6y agoAs sibling post noted, likely time. Existing designs have 4 decades of inertia behind them. South Korean and Japanese researchers definitely have it on their radar. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9000570 https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9000570