[kooler] Re: Cables for Linksys KVM switch

[Carl Lowenstein]

> Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 20:58:53 -0700
> From: George Georgalis <george at galis.org>
> To: kplug-list at kernel-panic.org
> Subject: [kooler] Re: Cables for Linksys KVM switch
> In-Reply-To: <KOEIIOJGCJNELPNNCONEKEFACDAA.darins at nosc.mil>; from darins at nosc.mil on Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 06:44:11PM -0700
>
> >
> >Quibble, and I know you were not the first one to spell it that way:
> >
> >The word is "ferrite".
> >
> >    carl
>
>
> I don't see the difference...  or maybe ferric is just acceptable now?
>
> http://www.wordsmyth.net/
>
> ferric
> of, relating to, or containing iron, esp. with a valence of three.
>
> ferrite
> 1. any compound formed by the combining of ferric oxide with the oxide
> of a baser metal.
> 2. any of various mineral particles found in certain rocks as iron
> compounds.
> 3. pure iron, such as found in steel and cast iron, as contrasted to
> iron carbides.

It's a technical term.  Not to be well defined by looking in a
general-purpose dictionary.  Definition #1 above is the real thing.

VanNostrand's Scientific Encyclopedia:

"Ferrites:
[formed] by fusion of ferrous oxide with the appropriate basic oxide,
hydroxide or carbonate, e.g. calcium ferrite, barium ferrite, magnesium
ferrite, ferrous ferrite, sodium ferrite."

some Google search results, my summary:

Ferrites used in the electronics industry are more exotic, such
as manganese-zinc ferrite, nickel-zinc ferrite, strontium ferrite.
Cf.:

 < http://www.amidoncorp.com/f_mfg.htm >
 < http://www.mmgna.com/whatis/f-index.html >

    carl