[ale] Thermite party

[Watson, Keith]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Greg
> Clifton
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 20:00
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Thermite party
> 
> Magnets? What use could you make of the relatively small/weak magnets in
> a hard drive motor? If you want permanent magnets, get them from old
> microwave ovens there are two on each magnetron tube and they are
> STRONG! You can magnetize screw drivers with just a quick touch to one
> of them!
> GC
> 

Are you serious? Hard drives use neodymium magnets which are the strongest permanent magnets made:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium_magnet

I have removed magnets from microwave ovens and from hard drives and the ones from hard drives are much stronger. I have a collection of both.


keith

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