Computer Modeling May Lead to Rare-earth-free Permanent Magnets (IMAGE)

DOE/Ames National Laboratory

Computer Modeling May Lead to Rare-earth-free Permanent Magnets

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Ames Laboratory will begin work on an ARPA-E funded project to develop new types of permanent (rare-earth-free) magnet based on bismuth-manganese. The research team will use computer simulation to guide the design of a better magnetic alloy. We see in the figure the various scales of magnetic effects and defects that need to be addressed theoretically for guiding the experimental search.

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US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory

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