Electromagnetics
Year: 2012
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Sputnik Moment
A Column by Dr. Stan Trout For those of you too young to remember, the Soviets launched the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth in October 1957. While the Soviets were very proud of […]
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Extending the Possibilities of Iron
By Frank Truetsch, Product Marketing Manager • Vacuumschmelze In the past few years, innovative soft magnetic materials achieved a particular interest in electrical engineering and electronics and have led to various developments of special alloys. […]
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A Column by Dr. Stan Trout In a famous scene from the movie “Five Easy Pieces,” Jack Nicholson demonstrates how frustrated someone can become with seemingly unreasonable requests. In this case, it was the phrase […]
Materials/Manufacturing
Rare Earth Myths Debunked
By John Ebert, Business Manager • Yunsheng USA, Inc. The growing interest in rare earth (RE) materials has created new opportunities in motion control design and an entirely new generation of applications from BLDC motors […]
Materials/Manufacturing
Replacing the Rare Earth Intellectual Capital
By Karl A. Gschneidner, Jr., Senior Metallurgist • Ames Laboratory, US Department of Energy The rare earth crisis slowly evolved during a 10 to 15 year period beginning in the mid-1980s, when the Chinese began […]