The mangnetic properties will still be coming from the steel, even though Nickel is magnetic, because typically plating is done as thin as possible, so the Nickel won't contribute much to the magnetic properties. for example, if you would have nickel plated copper or alu, it won't have much magnetic properties.
Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: cwa...@proxim.com Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of David Nelson via EV Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2014 2:38 PM To: Michael Ross; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] Dissimilar metals on Headyways? I asked Jim of Headway-Headquarters what the end plates were and he said that they are nickel plated steel. On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Michael Ross via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > Nickel is ferromagnetic also. (Hence, Alnico magnets, the Ni being nickel.) > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permeability_(electromagnetism) > > Nickel is right there with carbon steel in magnetic permeability, but it is > much less susceptible to corrosion. Stamped steel with a nickel plate > might be a good choice, provided the plating is done well. > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 4:49 PM, George Tyler via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > >> I had a look at the headway factory interconnects, they are plated steel I >> think as they are magnetic, could be nickel but they were strongly >> attracted to a magnet so I think steel. 1mm thick, 20mm wide. >> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
