From: g_d_pusch_remove_underscores@xnet.com
Marc 182 writes:
> In article ,
> g_d_pusch_remove_underscores@xnet.com says...
>> zoltanccc@aol.com (Zoltan Szakaly) writes:
>>
>>> I have recently found out that a hamster was levitated by applying a
>>> strong magnetic field of 16 Teslas using a superconducting
>>> electromagnet.
>>> You could also use it compensate for the effects of acceleration.
>>> For example a car hitting a wall, could be equipped with a magnetic
>>> airbag that decelerates the people without harm to the internal
>>> organs.
>>
>> Again, it is not practical for object as large as a human being,
>> even in a one-gee field, let alone the peak of tens to hundreds
>> of gees experienced in an automobile collision. Furthermore,
>> even if sufficiently strong field gradients _could_ be produced,
>> the amount of stored energy in the field would be impractically
>> large. Still further, the inductance of the field coils will be
>> so large that it is utterly impractical to energize them with a
>> fast enough rise-time to offset the rate of onset of the collision.
>>
>> Finally, since the force is primarily exerted on soft tissues with
>> varying water contents, while bones are massive and do not contain
>> significant quantities of water compared to soft tissues, the
>> differential accelerations sustained by the various parts of the body
>> will still kill you.
>
> You missed one. In a collision things break. When your superconductor
> breaks all that magnetic energy has to go somewhere. In this case I'd
> expect a rather showy explosion.
Indeed --- you are quite correct.
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