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Metglas

chemical compound

Learn about this topic in these articles:

glassy metals

  • Observe how a superhydrophobic multifunctional glass surface resists fogging, glare, and self cleans
    In industrial glass: Glassy metals

    …that is commercially available as Metglas (trademark). It is used in flexible magnetic shielding and power transformers.

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