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Established | October 1, 1994 |
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Budget | $48.4 million |
Director | Kathleen M. Amm |
Address | 1800 E. Paul Dirac Drive Tallahassee, Florida 32310 |
Location | Tallahassee, Florida |
Campus | Florida State University |
Nickname | National MagLab |
Affiliations | Florida State University, University of Florida, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Operating agency | Florida State University |
Website | nationalmaglab |
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (MagLab) is a facility at Florida State University, the University of Florida, and Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, that performs magnetic field research in physics, biology, bioengineering, chemistry, geochemistry, biochemistry. It is the only such facility in the US,[1] and is among twelve[2] high magnetic facilities worldwide. The lab is supported by the National Science Foundation and the state of Florida, and works in collaboration with private industry.
The lab holds several world records for the world's strongest magnets, including highest magnetic field of 45.5 Tesla.[3] For nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy experiments, its 33-short-ton (29-long-ton; 30 t) series connected hybrid (SCH) magnet broke the record during a series of tests conducted by MagLab engineers and scientists on 15 November 2016, reaching its full field of 36 Tesla.[4]