Great Illustration

09.12.2008 by Christian

From here:

“Inside that hole rests the insert, nine coils made of copper and strengthened with silver wire as thin as 100 atoms across. Together, the copper and silver create the strongest material known to man, according to Greg Boebinger, Director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Florida, where the magnet is being built.”

In case you don’t know, copper and silver are soft metals by themselves.  Almost any alloy can be used for said illustrations, this one happens to be recent and uses metals that aren’t often considered for alloys.

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