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• alnico
  alnico

  noun

  a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.
• Alnico
  Alnico

  noun

  an alloy of aluminium, nickel, cobalt, iron, and copper, used to make permanent magnets

alnico

American  

[al-ni-koh] / ˈæl nɪˌkoʊ /

noun

1. a permanent-magnet alloy having aluminum, nickel, and cobalt as its principal ingredients.

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Alnico British  

/ ˈælnɪˌkəʊ /

noun

1. an alloy of aluminium, nickel, cobalt, iron, and copper, used to make permanent magnets

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Etymology

Origin of alnico

al(uminum) + ni(ckel) + co(balt)

Example Sentences

At General Electric Co.'s research headquarters, slick-haired Researcher W. E. Ruder showed the junketeers a small permanent magnet made of a new iron alloy containing aluminum, nickel and cobalt, hence called "Alnico."

From Time Magazine Archive

Alnico is being groomed to displace small electromagnets in motors, transformers and loudspeakers, lowering cost and simplifying construction.

From Time Magazine Archive

This stuff is so powerfully magnetic that it lifts 60 times its own weight, as was demonstrated when a 55-lb. radio cabinet swung from an Alnico disk of less than a pound.

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