The most powerful magnets are based
on neodymium, iron and boron.
Not exact matches
The key for such new wave of EVs is a magnet for electric motors developed by the Japanese firm, which halves the use of a rare earth called
neodymium and eliminates the use of others called terbium and dysprosium, the company revealed
on Tuesday.
In the 1970s, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) in California focused
on the former, boosting laser energy by routing beams through additional lasing crystals made of glass doped with
neodymium.
By securing a pellet (with
neodymium magnets)
on the sides of the tube walls rather than at the bottom, it allows complete removal of the supernatant without touching the pellet.
A massive wind turbine — capable of turning the breeze into two million watts of power — has 40 - meter - long blades made from fiberglass, towers 90 meters above the ground, weighs hundreds of metric tons, and fundamentally relies
on roughly 300 kilograms of a soft, silvery metal known as
neodymium — a so - called rare earth.
A split second before the initial weak laser pulse comes along, more than 7,500 lamps energize the
neodymium atoms in the glass by flashing an intense white light
on them.
Dr. Hoffmann: «The isotope Hafnium 176 in contrast to its counterpart
Neodymium 143 was transported by means of weathering into the oceans and became part of iron - rich sediments
on the sea floor 2,700 million years ago.»
The most powerful ones are based
on the rare earth elements
neodymium and dysprosium.
Iván Argote, «Meanwhile
on the opposite side of truth», 2016, laser cutting
on mixed media,
neodymium magnets, and varnished steel structures.
Paper through Wood, Wood through Paper Nos. 1 — 3 Ammonium hydrosulphite
on silver leaf, verdigris copper, tree branch, paper, and
neodymium magnets Approx. 50 × 40 × 40 cm
This isn't exactly a new issue to the green movement, but it's an under - examined one nonetheless: Rare earths like
neodymium are integral to a number of cleantech innovations that are changing the way that we produce energy, drive, and so
on.
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Neodymium is the most important element of the permanent magnet sitting atop each of the massive wind towers you see
on your way to work.
But we need to ensure the use of materials like
neodymium and concrete is kept to a minimum, that turbines use recycled materials wherever possible and that they are carefully sited to the reduce the already minimal impact
on bird populations.»
The team examined the
neodymium and strontium isotope ratios of the sediments and compared them to the known values for the various geological terranes
on land.
«Technologies for production and storage of renewables depend
on rare earth elements like
neodymium in wind or lithium in electric car batteries.
Even if one were to electrify all of transport, industry, heating and so
on, so much renewable generation and balancing / storage equipment would be needed to power it that astronomical new requirements for steel, concrete, copper, glass, carbon fiber,
neodymium, shipping and haulage, etc., etc. would appear.
Demand for
neodymium from wind will, therefore, be highly dependent
on which of these technologies prevails and to what extent.
The demand for
neodymium, for example, will be highly dependent
on whether direct - drive wind turbines or geared models becomes more prevalent, it says.
-- Audio Connection: Direct Wireless Connection — Speaker Frequency Response: 20 - Hz -20-kHz — Headset Power: Rechargeable Battery — Battery: Up to 10 - Hours (ANC and Bluetooth
On), Up to 15 - Hours (With Those Features Off)-- Speaker Size: 50 - mm with
Neodymium Magnets — Microphone: Flip - Up Omni - Directional — Headband / Earpad Material: Synthetic Leather with Foam Cushioning — Ear Cushion: Synthetic Leather with Foam Cushioning
In the front of the A70 are a pair of 2 - inch drivers with a 1 - inch tweeter to deliver that main channel, and a pair of 45 mm
neodymium drivers
on the sides to deliver the airSOUND spatial audio channel.
The 420X uses 50 mm speakers with
neodymium magnets, runs
on a fifteen - hour, rechargeable lithium polymer battery, and includes a removable, omni - directional microphone.
Aside from its Xbox Wireless tech, the LS35X headset packs 50 mm
neodymium drivers and 3D surround sound via Windows Sonic for Headphones
on Xbox One and Windows 10.