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Rapid Magnetic Cooker AI develops magnet recipe without rare earths in record time.

Source: Materials Nexus | Translated by AI 2 min Reading Time

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Around 200 times faster than with conventional methods, AI software from Materials Nexus has compiled the recipe for a high-performance magnet.

As part of the mobility transition, demand for rare earth magnets is set to skyrocket, say British researchers - that's going to be expensive! However, using AI tools, they have now managed to find alternative magnets without rare earths in a very short time. Find out more here...(Image: Materials Nexus)
As part of the mobility transition, demand for rare earth magnets is set to skyrocket, say British researchers - that's going to be expensive! However, using AI tools, they have now managed to find alternative magnets without rare earths in a very short time. Find out more here...
(Image: Materials Nexus)

The special feature of the magnet recipe, which was determined at high speed, is above all that it does without rare and therefore expensive earth metals. To be precise, they are permanent magnets. The research team from the UK systematically used the underlying algorithm to develop innovative materials that could be produced more resource-friendly and cheaper without emissions. By the way, the novel permanent magnets were manufactured and tested in cooperation with the Henry Royce Institute at the University of Manchester and the University of Sheffield. The recipe is called Magnex. AI-supported material design will impact the entire field of materials science. They have also found a scalable method for the design of new materials for all types of industrial requirements.

Finding the right magnet from a pile of magnets

The AI platform from Materials Nexus has reviewed over 100 million compositions for such permanent magnet candidates that would fit the industry in terms of supply chain security, cost, performance, and environmental issues. However, up until now, it has taken decades to develop powerful permanent magnets and even longer to bring them to the performance level reached today, as the experts involved emphasize. On the other hand, the development, production, and testing of Magnex only took three months. Therefore, Magnex could be produced with only 20 percent of the material costs and with 70 percent less CO2 emissions compared to the rare earth magnets currently on the market as a recipe component.

Why all the fuss about magnets?

Now, permanent magnets are indispensable for some important industries, especially for electric vehicles. But wind generators and robotic systems also need magnets. Therefore, it is expected that the demand for rare earth magnets will exceed supply in the coming years. Because in the electric vehicle industry alone, the use of permanent magnets is expected to increase tenfold by 2030 - if electric cars actually become established. However, the procurement of the rare earth metals needed to produce these magnets, such as neodymium and dysprosium, is threatened by a number of supply chain problems because they are almost exclusively mined in China.

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