30 Years of conductors for fusion: A summary and perspectives

IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 839-844

  Bruzzone, Pierluigi ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fusion magnets; Superconductors

Indexed keywords

CRYOGENICS; ELECTRIC COILS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS;

FUSION DEVICES; FUSION MAGNETS; MECHANICAL LOADS; OPERATING VOLTAGE;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS;

EID: 33746654599     PISSN: 10518223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASC.2006.873342     Document Type: Conference Paper

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