Hi Precision crystals have clips made from nickel. The posts are likely Kovar. That's been true for a *long* time. Neither one is very magnetic. Both likely are hard enough to be even less magnetic than they might be.
Bob On Dec 30, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Magnus Danielson <mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote: > Bob, > > On 30/12/12 23:27, Bob Camp wrote: >> Hi >> >> A quartz crystal in insensitive to magnetic field. This being >> Time Nut's that's not the whole story. > > As I recall it, the steel clips sometimes used to hold the resonators is > claimed to be one of the sources for static magnetic field sensitivity. The > mounting has developed since then, so I wonder how much that is relevant to > new oscillators, but could still be possible to find for older ones. > > Cheers, > Magnus > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
