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Switch to range mode, and clutches disconnect the front permanent magnet synchronous motor and remap the throttle pedal for better efficiency.
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Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 30 June 2024
Hard Science New nuclear fusion reactor design may be a breakthrough
Using permanent magnets may help to make nuclear fusion reactors simpler and more affordable.
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Exxon got rid of its battery efforts in the early 1980s, and GM’s rare-earth permanent magnet business was sold to China in 1995.
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Henry Sanderson, Foreign Affairs, 2 Jan. 2024
Phoenix Tailings focuses on extracting neodymium, neodymium-praseodymium alloy, dysprosium, and ferro dysprosium alloy, which are rare earth metals used in permanent magnets for EVs, wind turbines, jet engines and other applications.
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IEEE Spectrum, 31 May 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1882, in the meaning defined above
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“Permanent magnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/permanent%20magnet. Accessed 18 Aug. 2024.
Kids Definition
permanent magnet
noun
: a magnet that retains its magnetism after removal of the magnetizing force
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