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Magnet material
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alnico
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Alnico is an acronym referring to a family of iron alloys which in addition to iron are composed primarily of aluminium (Al), nickel (Ni) and cobalt (Co), hence al-ni-co . They also include copper , and sometimes titanium . Alnico alloys are ferromagnetic ...
Usage examples of alnico.
A little alnico magnet, stuck in exactly the right place with a wad of chewing gum, can erase a hundred thousand units of information before they find it.
He got out the large alnico magnet that had made a good many delicate measurements possible.
All I know is that an alnico magnet will act as one instrument, so that the connection can exist!
There was this lump of iron that I had dragged all the way back from the Galactic West, encased in aluminum and neutronium and alnico magnets, hanging there in its orbit, quite useless, so far, but potentially extremely useful.