Before the discovery of the neodymium magnet, the strongest permanent magnet was the samarium–cobalt magnet, which was based on the Sm 2 Co 17 intermetallic phase. However, samarium is expensive ...
Ames Laboratory will partner with Electron Energy Corporation to improve a mainstay of magnet technology— the samarium cobalt (SmCo) magnet. Since their development in the 1960s, SmCo magnets have ...