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A colleague recently showed me the coil of a broken superconducting magnet after it quenched. There was an easily visible rip in the structure, even though the
by Timon3 3y ago
A colleague recently showed me the coil of a broken superconducting magnet after it quenched. There was an easily visible rip in the structure, even though the whole thing was enclosed. It must have at least had enough kinetic energy to tear the metal apart.
- jacquesm 3y agoI've had a relatively small (about 2" x 2" x 1") ceramic magnet explode on me. The shrapnel was embedded deep into the adjacent wall.