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Gas Chamber for Preparing New Magnetic Material

1955/1960

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Gas Chamber for Preparing New Magnetic Material
  • Title
  • Gas Chamber for Preparing New Magnetic Material
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B021.F15.I07
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B021.F15.I07
  • Description
  • Caption on the back of the photograph reads, “Working by ‘remote control,’ Westinghouse scientist, Dr. Alex Goldman, weighs a sample of highly purified manganese-bismuth -- a magnetic material which promises to yield powerful new permanent magnets. Because it catches fire spontaneously on exposure to air, the new powdery material must be prepared and processed in this ‘gas chamber,’ which contains an inert atmosphere of helium gas. When sealed into a plastic binder, the manganese-bismuth powder forms permanent magnets which are easily shaped into a variety of forms.”
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • Westinghouse Research and Development Center (Churchill, Pa.)
    Goldman, Alex, Dr.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
  • Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.
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