素材にとっての重要性
A turbine is mostly steel and concrete by weight, but the parts that make it competitive — the permanent-magnet generator and the copper in the nacelle and the export cable — are where the critical materials sit.
その組成
全素材 →| 素材 | ここでの機能 | 重要度 |
|---|---|---|
| Copper クリティカル | Generator windings, nacelle wiring and export cable | 定義 |
| Dysprosium クリティカル | Heat resistance in those magnets | 定義 |
| Iron & Steel | Tower, nacelle frame and foundation | 定義 |
| Neodymium クリティカル | Direct-drive permanent-magnet generators | 定義 |
| Boron クリティカル | The B in NdFeB magnet alloy | 重要 |
| Praseodymium クリティカル | Magnet alloy | 重要 |
| Terbium クリティカル | Heat resistance in the hottest designs | 重要 |
| Zinc クリティカル | Galvanised protection in a marine environment | 重要 |
| Aluminium クリティカル | Nacelle components and cabling | 現在 |
Copper
The reddish metal that carries electricity better than anything except silver, and which humans have been smelting…
Dysprosium
A heavy rare earth added in small amounts to magnets so they keep working when they get hot.
Iron & Steel
Iron with a little carbon in it, and the most-produced manufactured material on the planet.
Neodymium
The rare earth at the heart of the strongest magnet ever made — the kind in headphones, hard drives, wind turbines…
Boron
An element that makes glass resist thermal shock, fibreglass strong, and — with iron and neodymium — the strongest…
Praseodymium
Neodymium's near-twin, so alike that magnet makers usually do not bother separating the two and sell them together as…
