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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: Superconducting Energy Storage
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Date: Sat, 30-May-87 22:05:23 EDT
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> I had wondered what would happen to a superconducting device that was
> carrying, ... say 10000 amps at a few volts and something went wrong
> with the coolant...

Current superconducting magnets, as I recall, tend to imbed the s.c. wire
in something like copper precisely for this reason.  The copper doesn't
have to carry the full current for any length of time, it just has to be
able to dissipate the stored energy without melting.
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