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High-pressure gas atomization

Senior metallurgist Iver Anderson with the high-pressure gas atomization system at Ames Laboratory that's used to create fine metallic powders with uniform properties not found in the bulk material. The technology was used to develop a lead-free solder and a magnetic alloy that retains its magnetic properties at high temperature.

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Uploaded on February 16, 2009
Taken on June 15, 2007