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Re: Superconducting magnifier
From: Steve Rodway[SMTP:Legion-at-bigfoot-dot-com]
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 1997 7:51 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Superconducting magnifier
Tesla List wrote:
>
> From: Jim Lux[SMTP:jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 1997 10:13 AM
> To: Tesla List
> Subject: Re: Superconducting magnifier
>
> > As I understand it the superconducting effect is destroyed by intense
> > magnetic fields because they destroy the electron coupling. Since
> > powerfull feilds are the aim in Tesla coils, I don't think that any sort
> > of superconducting system could work, sorry to dash your hopes, but
> > that's physics for you.
>
> I don't think the magnetic field in a tesla coil would be high enough to
> quench the superconductor.
Are you sure about that? The fields as the spark gap fires should be
very intense around the primary
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