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Iron and cobalt both curb stainless invar expansion, but iron leads

Iron and cobalt both curb stainless invar expansion, but iron leadsWorldPing

Invar alloys resist expanding or contracting with temperature, a property valuable for precision instruments, but it has been unclear how this "invar effect" plays out separately in each element of complex, multimetal stainless invar alloys.

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