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Hipernik

metal alloy

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use in transformers

In Permalloy
Hipernik (trademark of the Westinghouse Electric Company) is an alloy of 50 percent nickel useful for high-power transformers. Heating Permalloy containing 5 percent molybdenum in pure hydrogen yields Supermalloy, with even higher permeability.
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