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Why do the reed switch blades need to be nickel/iron and why 52% nickel?

A magnetic field will only influence a metal that is ferromagnetic.  Both nickel and iron are ferromagnetic.  52% nickel is critical because its thermal coefficient of expansion exactly matches the glass’s expansion rate.

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