A small-scale experiment demonstrating the current lead resistance method of preventing a current imbalance

Cryogenics

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 875-880

  Yamaguchi, S ^a   Seo, K ^b   Morita, M ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR FUSION SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Current imbalance; Current lead; Frequency dependence; Inductance variation; Stability of magnet

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; SUPERCONDUCTING CABLES;

CURRENT LEAD RESISTANCE METHOD;

SUPERCONDUCTING MAGNETS;

EID: 0032156138     PISSN: 00112275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-2275(98)00077-0     Document Type: Article

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