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A superconducting coil comprises a plurality of windings. Each winding comprises at least one superconducting segment having an exposed area containing a granular superconducting substance. A junction electrically connects at least one superconducting segment of one winding to at least one supercond

A superconducting coil comprises a plurality of windings. Each winding comprises at least one superconducting segment having an exposed area containing a granular superconducting substance. A junction electrically connects at least one superconducting segment of one winding to at least one superconducting segment of another winding. The junction is formed by coupling the granular superconducting substance of the exposed area of the at least one superconducting segment of the one winding to the granular superconducting substance of the exposed area of the at least one superconducting segment of the other winding. In an embodiment, the exposed areas are positioned to face each other.

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1. A superconducting coil, comprising: a plurality of windings, wherein each winding comprises at least one superconducting segment having an exposed area containing a granular superconducting substance having a first element and a second element; anda junction electrically connecting at least one s

1. A superconducting coil, comprising: a plurality of windings, wherein each winding comprises at least one superconducting segment having an exposed area containing a granular superconducting substance having a first element and a second element; anda junction electrically connecting at least one superconducting segment of one winding to at least one superconducting segment of another winding, said junction being formed by a granular precursor substance that is reacted with the first element and the second element to form the same granular superconducting substance as that contained in said superconducting segments thereby coupling the granular superconducting substance of the exposed area of the at least one superconducting segment of the one winding to the granular superconducting substance of the exposed area of the at least one superconducting segment of the other winding, wherein said exposed areas are positioned to face each other. 2. The superconducting coil according to claim 1, wherein each of the at least one superconducting segments comprise a conductive area and wherein said junction further comprises a solid non-superconducting binding structurally coupling the conductive area of the at least one superconducting segment of the one winding to the conductive area of the at least one superconducting segment of the other winding. 3. The superconducting coil according to claim 2, wherein said solid non-superconducting binding is formed from a source of said first element and a source of said second element combined to produce the granular superconducting substance around the solid non-superconducting binding to permit for a flow of superconducting current through the at least two windings. 4. The superconducting coil according to claim 2, wherein the solid non-superconducting binding comprises at least one of a metallic structure or an alloy structure. 5. The superconducting coil according to claim 3, wherein said first element comprises magnesium, said second element comprises boron and said granular superconducting substance comprises magnesium diboride. 6. The superconducting coil according to claim 3, wherein at least one of said sources of said first or second element comprises at least one of a binary source or a ternary source. 7. The superconducting joint according to claim 5, wherein at least one of said sources of said first source or second element further comprises at least one of aluminum, carbon, cobalt, chromium, iron, manganese, molybdenum, niobium, nickel, palladium, ruthenium, scandium, silicon, titanium, vanadium, yttrium, zirconium, cerium, platinum, cadmium, gallium, gadolinium, geranium, hydrogen, lanthanum, lead, tin, strontium, thallium, zinc, iridium or copper. 8. The superconducting joint of claim 2, wherein said conductive areas comprise filaments containing the granular superconducting substance. 9. A superconducting magnet, comprising: a plurality superconducting coils, each superconducting coil, comprising:a plurality of windings, wherein each winding comprises at least one superconducting segment having an exposed area containing a granular superconducting substance comprising a first element and a second element; anda junction electrically connecting at least one superconducting segment of one winding to at least one superconducting segment of another winding, said junction being formed by a granular precursor substance that is reacted with the first element and second element to form the same granular superconducting substance as that contained in said superconducting segments coupling the granular superconducting substance of the exposed area of the at least one superconducting segment of the one winding to the granular superconducting substance of the exposed area of the at least one superconducting segment of the other winding, wherein said exposed areas are positioned to face each other. 10. A method for structurally binding a first superconducting coil to a second superconducting coil, the steps comprising: exposing end terminals of the first superconducting coil and the second superconducting coil containing a granular superconducting substance comprising a first element and a second element;positioning the exposed end terminal of said first superconducting coil to face the exposed end terminal of said second superconducting coil; andreacting a granular precursor substance with the first element and the second element to form the same granular superconducting substance as that contained in said first and second coils to permit for the flow of superconducting current through the first superconducting coil and the second superconducting coil via a junction that comprises the granular superconducting substance contained in said first and second coils. 11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising the step of forming a solid non-superconducting binding between the first superconducting coil and the second superconducting coil from a source of said first element and a source of said second element combined to produce the granular superconducting substance around the solid non-superconducting binding to permit for the flow of superconducting current through the first superconducting coil and the second superconducting coil. 12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the solid non-superconducting binding comprises at least one of a metallic structure or an alloy structure. 13. The method according to claim 11, wherein the solid non-superconducting binding structurally binds conducting areas of the first superconducting coil and the second superconducting coil. 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein the conducting areas of the first superconducting coil and the second superconducting coil comprise a plurality of exposed longitudinal filaments containing the granular superconducting substance. 15. The method according to claim 11, wherein the step of reacting comprises heating said source of said first element and said source of said second element at the exposed areas. 16. The method according to claim 15, wherein the step of reacting further comprises applying pressure during the heating step. 17. The method according to claim 10, wherein the step of exposing said areas comprises one of mechanical etching, chemical etching, mechanical grinding, metal melting or cutting. 18. The method according to claim 10, wherein said positioning requires orienting the exposed end terminal of said first superconducting coil to lie adjacent to the exposed end terminal of said second superconducting coil.