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Samarium magnets are used in headphones & guitar pickups, and samarium was the first element named after a real person, says Prof Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 74 of Elemental.
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Listen to episode one hereSamarium magnets are used in headphones & guitar pickups, and samarium was the first element named after a real person, says Prof Allan Blackman from AUT in ep 74 of Elemental.
Samarium was the first element on the periodic table to be named after a real, as opposed to a mythical, person.
It is a lanthanoid and alloys of it are useful in magnets, which can be thousands of times stronger than iron magnets.
These magnets are found in headphones and high-end magnetic pickups for electric guitars and basses.
Samarium magnets were also used in the motors of one of the earliest solar-powered electric aircraft, the Solar Challenger, says Professor Allan Blackman from the Auckland University of Technology, in episode 74 of Elemental.
Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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