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Making magnetism flip twice, by design

Japanese researchers, for the first time, used a theoretical approach to design a novel magnetic material, which they then successfully synthesized.

References:

Ohkoshi, S. . . . and K. Hashimoto. 1999. Design and preparation of a novel magnet exhibiting two compensation temperatures based on molecular field theory. Physical Review Letters 82(Feb. 8):1285.

Sources:

Kazuhito Hashimoto
University of Tokyo
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology
4-6-1 Komaba
Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8904
Japan

From Science News, Vol. 155, No. 10, March 6, 1999, p. 159. Copyright © 1999, Science Service.

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