tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post1253186038428695908..comments2024-03-11T13:47:03.621-05:00Comments on Physics and Physicists: Record 1200 Tesla, and then, BANG!ZapperZhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15861398273820851809noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34480619.post-13909928029669242512018-09-30T12:59:45.496-05:002018-09-30T12:59:45.496-05:00We had a colloquium here at Rice around 15 years a...We had a colloquium here at Rice around 15 years ago from the pulsed field group at the LANL branch of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Shaped explosive charges to compress a ring-shaped copper bus bar in sync with the firing of a capacitor bank to slam current through it. Hundreds of tesla transiently, but destructive. Very impressive, though a bit on the mad science side.Douglas Natelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13340091255404229559noreply@blogger.com