A new 18-T resistive magnet with radial bores

Author

Rub, P. ; Maret, G.

Author_Institution

High Magnetic Field Lab., CNRS, Grenoble, France

Volume

30

Issue

4

fYear

1994

fDate

7/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2158

Lastpage

2161

Abstract

The new 20 MW installation has been running in our laboratory since the end of 1991. In order to fit the new characteristics of the power supplies, we have developed some new solenoids, especially for high homogeneous fields or special configurations with large bores. We describe in detail the new 10 MW, 5 cm room temperature bore, Bitter type magnet with horizontal axis, delivering a continuous field higher than 18 T for a power consumption of 9.5 MW. In the middle plane, 4 cylindrical 5 mm diameter tubes provide optical accesses for laser beam perpendicular to the main field orientation. The results of the tests are presented and the major problems due to the high pressure of the cooling water are discussed. This facility is mainly used for magneto-optical studies such as Cotton-Mouton effect and Faraday effect on complex fluids and heterogeneous solids. The corresponding instrumentation is briefly described

Keywords

Faraday effect; electromagnets; magneto-optical effects; power supplies to apparatus; solenoids; 10 MW; 18 T; 20 MW; 5 mm; 9.5 MW; Bitter type magnet; Cotton-Mouton effect; Faraday effect; complex fluids; continuous field; cooling water; heterogeneous solids; high homogeneous fields; high pressure; horizontal axis; instrumentation; large bores; laser beam; magneto-optical studies; main field orientation; optical accesses; power consumption; power supplies; radial bores; resistive magnet; room temperature bore; solenoids; Boring; Cooling; Energy consumption; Laboratories; Laser beams; Power lasers; Power supplies; Solenoids; Temperature; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/20.305698

Filename

305698