I would like to create a low budget pulse magnet and require a list of
the materials I might need and a diagram of the construction.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 16 Feb 2003 04:43 PST

Hello Magnoman,

Some concepts are inherently contradictory.  "Low budget" and "pulse
magnet" may be two ideas that just don't go together well in the same
sentence.

A pulse magnet needs a good deal of special material and a good deal
of infrastructure to work properly, and to be safe.  They ordinarily
involve expensive, specialty materials; high capacity electric
delivery systems; liquid nitrogen coolants; and myriad safety
measures.  And since a pulse magnet ordinarily only generates a
powerful field for a fraction of a second, there is also a need for
measurement equipment that can rapidly record results of field
generation.

I've begun researching this question for you.  But if you could give
me an idea of your budget and your circumstances -- do you have access
to a professional magnetics laboratory, or are you working from home
-- it would insure a more targeted answer to your particular needs.

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Clarification of Question by magnoman-ga on 16 Feb 2003 14:53 PST

I am working from home and that is why I said 'low budget' but am
interested in the design and manufacture of a 'small' pulse magnet. I
am working on the design of an energy concept which I think would
benefit from the use of a pulse magnet and would like to have a good
idea on the type of budget that I would require for the excercise. I
am a self employed accountant and have access to limited funds around
$20K and will approach a professional magnetics laboratory if
necessary.

What could you possibly want with a pulse magnet outside a lab?  Be
careful, AFAIK, these things can generate fields that could rip a
fridge through a drywall. Or a pacemaket through your chest, for that
matter.

Why not try a Bitter magnet? You can create sustained fields of over
30 T with one of these watercooled monsters. That should be plenty for
anything that'd have a civilian application.

If you do go ahead and build your pulse magnet, let me know where it's
going to be when you flip the switch. I want to be a long way away.