Los Alamos, NM— In a three-second span on Friday, August 19, researchers and engineers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Los Alamos National Lab created a 97.4 Tesla magnetic field—the highest non-destructive magnetic field in the world.
The previous record, 91.4 Tesla, was set in June of this year by the High Magnetic Field Laboratory Dresden. "Tesla" is a measurement of the strength of a magnetic field; 1 Tesla is equal to 20,000 times the Earth's magnetic field.
This record marks important progress toward the lab's goal of reaching 100 Tesla, an effort that awaits further materials innovation to make it possible. The project is funded by the 100 Tesla Multi-Shot Program, a joint initiative of the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy's Office of Basic Energy Sciences.
