Better yet, There are millions of old hard disks out there piled high in junk boxes. Each contains a pair of rare-earth Neodymium magnets, many of which are so powerful they can suspend 50 to 100 pounds of steel. Put one on your refrigerator, and you will need a pair of pliers to remove it. Try it sometime. You will most likely need a TORX 5 or 6 to break the case down to get at them. They are found on each side of the coil in the R/W head mechanism.
CharlyV -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Darren Garrison Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 8:25 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [meteorite-list] Some of you may have a free rare earth magnet I thought that this might be of interest to some of you because of magnets being used as a diagnostic tool in identifying meteorites. There is a type of AOL disc packaging that is a bulky square cardboard and plastic clamshell box. The two cardboard flaps snap together magneticly. I had a couple of them and was mildly curious to see what kind of magnets were inside (I assumed that it would be those weak, flexible magnets that are sold in rolls in craft stores). But what was inside is a very tiny but very strong (for the size) coated rare earth magnet-- possibly a Neodymium one. If you have any AOL packages like this, it would be a nice little freebie to keep inside your wallet or something in case you might happen to need it. Photo: http://webpages.charter.net/garrison6328/tiny_magnet.jpg ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
