> Like virtually all electrical wires, conventional superconducting magnets are fully protected by insulating material to prevent short-circuits between the wires. But in the new magnet, the tape was left completely bare; the engineers relied on REBCO’s much greater conductivity to keep the current flowing through the material.
Much greater conductivity than what? I assume there are other non-REBCO layers in the tape, but the article neglects to mention them.
Much greater conductivity than what? I assume there are other non-REBCO layers in the tape, but the article neglects to mention them.