ferrite

IPA: fˈɛraɪt

noun

  • The interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron.
  • Any of a class of metal oxides which show ferrimagnetism; used in transformers, inductors, antennas, recording heads, microwave devices, motors and loudspeakers.
  • (inorganic chemistry) The anion FeO₂²⁻, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid) derived from it.
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Examples of "ferrite" in Sentences

  • First of all, use what's called the ferrite bead on your wired headset.
  • Some strontium (10%) is used to make special magnets called ferrite ceramic magnets.
  • It was established in 1935 to commercialize "ferrite," a key material in electronics and magnetics.
  • Too much or too little ferrite can make the steel brittle, weak or otherwise unsuitable for use in automobiles.
  • If the core comprises high-resistivity material, such as ferrite, the eddy current is low, and eddy-current loss is insignificant in SMPS applications.
  • As Monzon explains, the kind of ferrite used in the new lens must exhibit a negative permeability in the GHz range, meaning that light waves passing through a flat lens will converge to an image.
  • Even if ‘doing it on his own’ involved nothing more strenuous than taking prepackaged parts from Radio Shack and soldering them together (seriously, have you even tried to wind your own ferrite variable coil?).
  • The engineers are running programs that show how adding tiny amounts of alloys to ferrite and martensite—crystalline structures of iron—during the steelmaking process changes the steel's strength, as well as its ability to be shaped into different parts.

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