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Mu-metal
Trademark, alloy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with nu metal.
Mu-metal is a nickel–iron soft ferromagnetic alloy with very high permeability, which is used for shielding sensitive electronic equipment against static or low-frequency magnetic fields.
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