supermagnetic

English

Etymology

super- +‎ magnetic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛtɪk

Adjective

supermagnetic (not comparable)

1. Very strongly magnetic.
   • 1927, David Fishlock, Telephony the American Telephone: Volume 93, Issue 27‎^[1], Penton Media, Inc., Penton Business Media, Inc., page 18:

     During ‘1927, loading coils for use in local exchange and toll cables employing the new supermagnetic material, “permalloy,” in their cores were produced. “Permalloy” is an alloy of iron and nickel which was developed a few years ago by the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.

   • 1961, American Chemical Society Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, Solid Surfaces and the Gas-Solid Interface‎^[2], American Chemical Society, page 89:

     They also reported exceptionally high susceptibilities in the case of platinum dispersed on charcoal in amounts varying from 0.006 to 0.0001 part per gram. They were unable to explain this “supermagnetic” phenomenon.

   • 1980, Advances in Inorganic Chemistry and Radiochemistry, Volume 23‎^[3], Academic Press, page 308:

     The structure of Fe magneticlayers between graphite networks is inhomogeneous, and characterized by the presence of supermagnetic clusters.