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copper and oxygen, made by SuperPower Inc. MagLab scientists
and engineers worked for years to develop the tricky material,
which is electrically and mechanically completely different than
low-temperature superconductors. New techniques had to be developed for insulating, reinforcing and de-energizing the system.
For all its record-breaking impact, the 32 T is just the beginning,
said MagLab engineer Huub Weijers, who oversaw its construction.

be available to visiting scientists in the next year. As with all
magnets at the lab, scientists from across the world can apply to
use it to explore new physics, chemistry and biology related to
materials, health and energy. Through funding provided by the
National Science Foundation and the State of Florida, researchers are able to do their experiments here for free. Scientists interested in learning more about the 32 T's capabilities or applying to
use it should contact DC Field Facility Director Tim Murphy.

"We've opened up an enormous new realm," said Weijers. "I
don't know what that limit is, but it's beyond 100 teslas. The
required materials exist. It's just technology and dollars that are
between us and 100 teslas."
As a superconducting magnet, the 32 T features a very stable,
homogenous field suitable for sensitive experiments. Combining strength and stability, it offers researchers the best of both
worlds.
"The new system, and the magnets that will follow, will give
scientists access to insights never before possible," said physicist Laura Greene, the MagLab's chief scientist. "We expect it
to break new ground in a variety of research areas. Physicists
are especially excited about advances in quantum matter, which
features new and technologically important ultra-thin materials,
as well as exotic new states of matter in topological materials
and complex magnetic materials."
Eight years in the making, the new instrument is expected to

The 32 T is lowered into its cryostat, which keeps the instrument at a
very cold operating temperature.

Magnetic field measurement

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THM1176: The world's most compact 3-axis
magnetometers.
A selection of five probes measure from nanoteslas
to 14 T, and get into the smallest of gaps:
* THM1176-MF: general-purpose up to 3 T.
* THM1176-LF: millitesla fringe ﬁelds.
* THM1176-HF: superconducting magnets to 14 T.
* THM1176-HFC: sub-millimeter gaps.
* TFM1186: nanotesla-range perturbations.
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