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   Message 1,869 of 3,113   
   Ian Stirling to Andrew Nowicki   
   Re: Magnetic energy storage for a therma   
   14 Jun 04 14:50:09   
   
   From: root@mauve.demon.co.uk   
      
   Andrew Nowicki  wrote:   
   > The armchair buckytubes have very low electric   
   > resistance and very high maximum current density   
   > -- about one billion amperes per square centimeter.   
   > If magnetoresistsnce, ohmic heat, and structural   
   > stress do not limit the current, a buckytube   
      
   I suspect that current density may be limited in   
   high magnetic fields.   
   Also, energy stored in a magnetic field is about the same   
   as energy stored in a pressure vessel by an ideal gas,   
   in terms of stress on the walls.   
      
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