Both iron-core and superconducting electromagnets have limits to the field they can produce. Therefore, the most powerful man-made magnetic fields have been generated by air-core non-superconducting electromagnets of a design invented by Francis Bitter in 1933, called Bitter electromagnets. Instead of wire windings, a Bitter magnet consists of a solenoid made of a stack of conducting disks, arranged so that the current moves in a helical path through them, with a hole through the center where the maximum field is created. This design has the mechanical strength to withstand the extreme Lorentz forces of the field, which increase with . The disks are pierced with holes through which cooling water passes to carry away the heat caused by the high current. The strongest continuous field achieved solely with a resistive magnet is 41.5 T , produced by a Bitter electromagnet at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Florida. The previous record was 37.5 T. The strongest continuous magnetic field overall, 45 T, was achieved in June 2000 with a hybrid device consisting of a Bitter magnet inside a superconducting magnet.
Both iron-core and superconducting electromagnets have limits to the field they can produce Therefore the most powerful man-made magnetic fields have been generated by air-core non-superconducting electromagnets of a design invented by Francis Bitter in 1933 called Bitter electromagnets Instead of wire windings a Bitter magnet consists of a solenoid made of a stack of conducting disks arranged so that the current moves in a helical path through them with a hole through the center where the maximum field is created This design has the mechanical strength to withstand the extreme Lorentz forces of the field which increase with  The disks are pierced with holes through which cooling water passes to carry away the heat caused by the high current The strongest continuous field achieved solely with a resistive magnet is 415 T  produced by a Bitter electromagnet at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee Florida The previous record was 375 T The strongest continuous magnetic field overall 45 T was achieved in June 2000 with a hybrid device consisting of a Bitter magnet inside a superconducting magnet