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- From: oski@leland.Stanford.EDU (L. Ravi Narasimhan)
- Subject: Re: magnetic insulators and shape-memory alloys (was Re: PZT Excitation)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.040449.6389@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Department of Chemistry, Stanford University
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- Date: Tue, 28 Jul 92 04:04:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul28.034438.3418@ennews.eas.asu.edu> gsulliva@enuxha.eas.asu.edu (Glenn A Sullivan) writes:
- >> mece1xg@menudo.uh.edu (purna) writes:
- >>> 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
- >
-
- There is a nickel alloy, commonly called mu metal, that is used to shield
- sensitive devices from stray magnetic fields. This stuff is available
- from many suppliers although their names escape me at the moment (I will
- look up the info. and post later if there is interest.) It can be
- rolled, formed, cut etc. into a variety of shapes. It requires
- annealing in a hydrogen atmosphere after all the metal processing is
- done.
-
- The brochures I have seen show off-the-shelf shields for a variety of
- photomultiplier tubes, magnetic recording media, and crts. Entire rooms
- made from mu-metal are also doable.
-
- Another possibility is to enclose the sensitive device in a
- superconducting can such as niobium below the superconducting temperature.
-
-
- --- Ravi Narasimhan
- AT&T Bell Laboratories
- Murray Hill, NJ
- oski@clockwise.att.com
-