Magnet (1 of 3) (IMAGE)

Rice University

Magnet (1 of 3)

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Measurements at Rice University show that a crystalline form of titanium and gold -- TiAu -- becomes magnetic (red peak) at a cold 36 kelvins, about minus 395 degrees Fahrenheit. The Rice lab discovered the material is the first known example of an itinerant antiferromagnet.

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Eteri Svanidze/Rice University

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