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- From: sichase@csa2.lbl.gov (SCOTT I CHASE)
- Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.materials,sci.physics,sci.engr.chem
- Subject: Re: PZT Excitation
- Date: 27 Jul 92 20:24:26 GMT
- Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Berkeley, CA, USA
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- References: <1992Jul25.222024.7255@homecare.com> <1992Jul27.185909.19949@pbhyg.PacBell.COM>
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- In article <1992Jul27.185909.19949@pbhyg.PacBell.COM>, rhsomer@pbhyg.PacBell.COM (Bob Somers) writes...
- > Is there any material that acts as an insulator
- >from magnetic forces? I was told some time ago
- >that there is none, but perhaps some new material
- >will do this.
- > Bob Somers, Pacific Bell, 510-823-9010
-
- I'm becoming surprised at how often this question gets asked. An alloy
- called Mu-Metal has very high "mu" and so can provide good magnetic
- shielding in many situations. It is expensive and somewhat fragile -
- it can't take alot of banging or extended vibration before the large
- magnetic domains get shattered, ruining its shielding ability.
-
- I have used it to shield image intensifier tubes from stray magnetic
- fields of many KGauss with no problems. Apparently, this stuff is
- well known among HEP grad students, but not in the general physics
- community. Well, I guess we all don't play in strong magnetic
- fields all day for the fun of it.
-
- -Scott
- --------------------
- Scott I. Chase "The question seems to be of such a character
- SICHASE@CSA2.LBL.GOV that if I should come to life after my death
- and some mathematician were to tell me that it
- had been definitely settled, I think I would
- immediately drop dead again." - Vandiver
-