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hylander4
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Hello PFs,
I need to build some Helmholtz coils, and I was wondering if anybody here had suggestions on what to make the actual rims that hold the wire in a coil are generally made out of? So far its been suggested that I use bicycle rims, but even that creates a question--aluminum or steel? Should the rims be ferromagnetic or paramagnetic?
Anybody have experience building these? I was hoping to make mine about a bit less than a meter in diameter.
I need to build some Helmholtz coils, and I was wondering if anybody here had suggestions on what to make the actual rims that hold the wire in a coil are generally made out of? So far its been suggested that I use bicycle rims, but even that creates a question--aluminum or steel? Should the rims be ferromagnetic or paramagnetic?
Anybody have experience building these? I was hoping to make mine about a bit less than a meter in diameter.