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Solar Wafer Thermal Expansion Calculation

In a solar power systems fabrication plant, an engineering technician is calculating the thermal expansion coefficient of a silicon wafer. The design formula requires the technician to simplify the product of two radical expressions: (26y4)(1230y)(2\sqrt{6y^4})(12\sqrt{30y}).

During the calculation, the technician multiplies the coefficients and the radicands, resulting in the intermediate expression 24180y5{}24\sqrt{180y^5}. To complete the simplification process, the technician must identify and extract the largest perfect square factor from the radicand.

What is the largest perfect square factor of the radicand 180y5{}180y^5 that the technician must extract?

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