Superconducting Magnets
From Terra Invicta Official Wiki
Superconducting Magnets
| |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Research Cost: 10000
| |||||||||||||||
| Summary | |||||||||||||||
| Scientists devise super-cooled magnets entirely free from electrical resistance, and thus able to generate far more efficient - and powerful - fields than ever before. | |||||||||||||||
| Description | |||||||||||||||
| Electromagnetics have become the cornerstone of our technological progress, but as it becomes necessary to contain and direct ever-greater forces, we in turn must generate far stronger magnetic fields. Our newly-designed superconducting magnets operate very similarly to existing electromagnets, but have effectively zero resistance to electricity. No resistance means no heat generation and no energy loss. This efficiency means much more power, which, in practical terms, means magnetic fields should allow us to contain hydrogen without adding extra mass to our ship systems. The effect may even be strong enough to keep antimatter separate from matter. This is an important breakthrough in terms of meeting both our future power and weapon needs. The roadblock until now has been the requirement to keep such coils as low as -452 degrees Fahrenheit, but the creation of low-footprint, affordable cryo-coolers finally makes this plausible even when space and weight is at a premium. | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Total Research Cost (including itself)
| |||||||||||||||
|
3500 | 
|
0 | ||||||||||||
|
0 |
|
13500 | ||||||||||||
|
0 | 
|
0 | ||||||||||||
|
0 | Total | 17000 | ||||||||||||
| Direct Prerequisite For | |||||||||||||||
| Techs | Projects | ||||||||||||||
| Magnetic Plasma Confinement • Advanced Hydrogen Containment • Plasma Weapons • Coilguns • High-Energy Electromagnetic Propulsion | (40%)Firestar Fission Lantern • (50%)Gallium Mist Radiator • (100%)Superconducting Mass Driver • (50%)Lithium Spray Radiator • (100%)Tin Droplet Radiator • (40%)Maglev Trains • (40%)Advanced Pulsar Drive • (30%)Advanced Cavity Drive • (50%)Cyclotron | ||||||||||||||
| Quote | |||||||||||||||
| "Every child adores playing with magnets, yet most adults pay them no heed. Foolish, really, for one day they will become the very bedrock of our society." Chancellor Li Qingzhao, The Academy In an interview with Wired magazine, 2016 | |||||||||||||||
| Notes | |||||||||||||||
| Data Sources | |||||||||||||||
| TITechTemplate_CSV • TIProjectTemplate_CSV • TIOrgTemplate_CSV • TITechTemplate_EN • TIProjectTemplate_EN • TIOrgTemplate_EN | |||||||||||||||
| Related Pages | |||||||||||||||
| Tech List • Project List • Technology | |||||||||||||||
