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This system is an antiferromagnet, so it does not have a net magnetization, so pretty much all the common applications we think of such as hard drives, motors e
by raziel2701 8y ago
This system is an antiferromagnet, so it does not have a net magnetization, so pretty much all the common applications we think of such as hard drives, motors etc are out the window.
I would say this work falls under the category of a curiosity, as its magnetic order exists at low temperatures and I can't imagine why you'd use such an exotic antiferromagnetic material for room temperature operations.
It's nice that the paper is freely available.
- outworlder 8y ago> I would say this work falls under the category of a curiosity Don't all things fall under this category, until someone finds an use? https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/history-of-electricity-magnetism/museum/faraday-motor-1821 https://nationalmaglab.org/education/magnet-academy/history-...
- Numberwang 8y ago'Until someone finds a use' can be more or less likely.
- sl1ck731 8y agoSimilarly Heinrich Hertz and radio waves: "It's of no use whatsoever[...] this is just an experiment that proves Maestro Maxwell was right—we just have these mysterious electromagnetic waves that we cannot see with the naked eye. But they are there."