alnico

al·ni·co  (ln-k)

n.

Any of several hard, strong alloys of iron, aluminum, nickel, cobalt and sometimes copper, niobium, or tantalum, used to make strong permanent magnets.

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[al(uminum) + ni(ckel) + co(balt).]

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Alnico [ˈælnɪˌkəʊ]

n

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds)™ an alloy of aluminium, nickel, cobalt, iron, and copper, used to make permanent magnets

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Alnico - trade name for an alloy used to make high-energy permanent magnets; contains aluminum and iron and nickel plus cobalt or copper or titanium alloy, metal - a mixture containing two or more metallic elements or metallic and nonmetallic elements usually fused together or dissolving into each other when molten; "brass is an alloy of zinc and copper"