The world's most powerful magnet will help recreate the Sun's power on Earth
, the same process that powers our nearest star. By harnessing the intense heat that results, scientists will turn water into steam which will then power generators.Magnetic field strengths can be measured in units of. The Earth's magnetic field strength is anywhere between 0.000025 and 0.000065 T, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. A strong refrigerator magnet is said to be around 0.01 T.
The magnet was manufactured by General Atomics—which also produces military drones—in partnership with U.S. ITER. Dr. Michael Mauel, a plasma expert at Columbia University, said in the statement:"Delivery of the first ITER Central Solenoid module is an exciting milestone for the demonstration of fusion energy and also a terrific achievement of U.S. capacity to build very large, high-field, high-energy superconducting magnets."
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