superconducting coil (fwd)

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Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 23:22:28 -0500
From: Drake Schutt <drake89@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: superconducting coil

So I was searching through the archives and never really found an answer to
my question.  Say you have unlimited funding and built a solid state coil,
winding the primary and secondary coils with something like YBCO or some
other high temperature superconductor.  I don't believe anyone has every
done this, but what would you expect to be different about this coil than
say a regular Cu wound coil?  What kind of efficiency are we looking at
here?  Would it have any weird or 'mystical' properties not found in regular
coils?

Thanks
Drake Schutt