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minus-squareDJDarren@thelemmy.clubcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoI feel like Wolverine’s adamantium probably shouldn’t be ferrous, and if that’s the case he wouldn’t be magnetic, right?
minus-squareofficermike@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoNon-ferrous metals are still subjected to forces in the presence of changing magnetic fields through a combination of Lenz’s Law and the Lorentz Force. It’s why when you drop a magnet through a copper pipe it falls slower than it would in open air.
I feel like Wolverine’s adamantium probably shouldn’t be ferrous, and if that’s the case he wouldn’t be magnetic, right?
Non-ferrous metals are still subjected to forces in the presence of changing magnetic fields through a combination of Lenz’s Law and the Lorentz Force.
It’s why when you drop a magnet through a copper pipe it falls slower than it would in open air.