Brutkey

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This almost feels like magic. A ferromagnetic alloy made from to non-magnetic metals!

"Bismanol" is an alloy of Bismuth and Manganese, developed in the 1950s by the Naval Ordnance Lab (as hinted to by the -nol in the name).

To make it, I melted 32.9g of Bi and then added 7.0g of Mn to the melt. The mixture was heated to ~800°C and then poured into a mold.

The ratio or the quenching might not be optimal to reach maximum magnetism, but I am pretty pleased with the result.