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- From: snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu (John Snyder)
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- Subject: Re: PZT Excitation
- Message-ID: <1992Jul28.075937.10078@fs7.ece.cmu.edu>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 07:59:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul27.204614.5646@fs7.ece.cmu.edu> snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu (John Snyder) writes:
- >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
- ^^^^^^^^
- Sorry, this word should be fields.
-
- >very high permeability. Permalloy is a common one. Getting the coercivity
- ^^^^^^^^^
- Actually, I meant mu-metal here, but permalloy might also work. If you are
- building a structure, mu-metal would probably be the material to try. If
- you are depositing a thin-film structure, Permalloy would be the material
- of choice.
-
- >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
-
- Hope I haven't caused too much confusion here.
-
- John
- snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu
-