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- From: snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu (John Snyder)
- Subject: Re: PZT Excitation
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.204614.5646@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>
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- Organization: Physics Department, Carnegie Mellon University
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- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 20:46:14 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.185909.19949@pbhyg.PacBell.COM> rhsomer@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
- >
-
-
- It depends on what you mean by "insulator from magnetic forces". Do you mean
- a material that itself is unaffected by magnetic fields? In this case, use
- a material that is a diamagnet. Find a table of magnetic moments at some
- temperature as near as possible to the temperature at which you will be
- operating. Fused silica is a material that has quite a low moment. If you
- can tolerate a very small force, you can also use materials that are
- paramagnets (in general, any metal or alloy that does not contain Co, Ni, or
- Fe, although there are surely plenty of exceptions to this).
-
- If instead, you are trying to find a material that will shield neighboring
- material from magnetic material, then you want a soft magnetic material with
- very high permeability. Permalloy is a common one. Getting the coercivity
- low enough and the permeability high enough is difficult. Bending or denting
- the material seriously degrades the performance. If you are making a
- shielding structure, you will want to construct it into final form *FIRST*,
- then give it its final heat/annealing treatment. And treat it carefully
- after the final annealing treatment.
-
- Another possibility, if you can operate at cryogenic temperatures,
- is to use the Meisner effect of superconductors to shield you. Or
- another possibility is to use a superconductor at cryogenic temperatures
- to shield neighboring material which is at a different temperature.
-
- Hope this helps
-
- John
- snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu
-