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World's largest superconducting magnet switches on

And here we go! Another step towards the finalisation of the LHC (Large Hidron Collider) in 2007. This huge magnet can suck 21.000 amperes, 500 more than needed for the future experiments. The stored magnetic energy was 1.1 GigaJoules, the equivalent of about 10 000 cars travelling at 70km/h. It's not the kind of magnet you would put on your fridge, eh? ;P

posted by Goto @ 12:10