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From Arsenic to Zirconium
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From Arsenic to Zirconium

by Peter Davern
April 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
296 pages
5h 20m
English
No Starch Press
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TERBIUM, Tb

MAGNETOSTRICTIVE FEATS

tee-bees

Tb’s magnetostrictive feats exploit the Joule effect,

 ter-fenn’l-dee

Thus Terfenol-D helps flick the switch, helps sonar to detect.

NINTH IN THE LANTHANOID SERIES

Terbium has an unusual property for a lanthanoid: it will increase or decrease in length by a small amount when placed within a magnetic field. This phenomenon, known as ...

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ISBN: 9781098122669