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Re:Iron Fuel Shows Its Mettle by pixl97 on Friday June 23, 2023 @06:07PM (#36452802)
If the output is iron oxide, no it is only very very weakly magnetic.
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Re:Iron Fuel Shows Its Mettle by sacnoradhq on Sunday June 25, 2023 @07:22AM (#36467060)
And if iron(III) oxide is near the melting point, it's unlikely to be magnetic and may not even be paramagnetic. This would be an interesting lab experiment: heat a sample to 1500 C exactly and test for paramagnetic properties.
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