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Magnetic Tweezers for the Measurement of Twist and Torque
Published on: May 19, 2014
Reduction of time-varying nanotesla magnetic fields from electric power lines by twisting
Auke J Been1, Gerrit A Folkertsma, Hein H J Verputten
1MESA+ and Impact Research Institutes, University of Twente, AE Enschede, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Time-varying magnetic fields generated by electrical power lines in the laboratory can disturb electron microscope imaging. Modern microscopes require these fields to be below 10 nT [2]. We calculated and measured magnetic fields from straight and twisted current-carrying wires, and show that without twisting, this value cannot be reached.
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