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NEODYMIUM SUPERMAGNETS

SOME DEMONSTRATIONS

- Bill Beaty, 
updated: 12/2005





































WARNING: if you mess with TWO neodymium supermagnets,
you are bound to pinch your fingers if you let them come together.  This
REALLY HURTS, it's like pliers.  Also, you should wear safety glasses,
since when two NIB magnets slam together, they tend to launch tiny chips
at high velocities.  I've had 3/4" magnets acidentally fall together and
be completely shattered.  The things are brittle!  The ones larger than 
1/4" are NOT FOR UNSUPERVISED CHILDREN! 


	NEW DANGER: swallowed magnets can cause lethal stomach 
problems. 











 Always keep magnets away from credit cards, wind-up watches, 
laptop harddrives, etc.  I've erased several credit cards by accidentally 
passing an NIB magnet near my pocket, or letting one fall into my lap.  
This article is from 1995, so I should probably still warn against floppy 
disks and VHS tapes... 

















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WARNING: if you mess with TWO large neodymium magnets,
you are bound to pinch your fingers if you let them come together.  This
REALLY HURTS, it's like pliers.  Also, you should wear safety glasses,
since when two big NIB magnets slam together, they tend to launch tiny 
chips at high velocities.  I've had 3/4" magnets acidentally fall together 
and be completely shattered.  The things are brittle!  LARGE MAGNETS NOT 
FOR UNSUPERVISED CHILDREN!  For kids, use NIB magnets under 1/4" across.


	NEW DANGER: swallowed magnets can cause lethal stomach 
problems. 








 Always keep magnets away from credit cards, wind-up watches, 
laptop harddrives etc.  I've erased several credit cards by accidentally 
passing an NIB magnet near my pocket, or letting one fall into my lap.  
This article is from 1995, so I should probably warn against floppy disks, 
VHS tapes, and non-monochrome video displays.  DANGER, DANGER, NEO MAGS 
CAN MAKE YOUR AUDIO CASETTE TAPES SOUND MUDDY, since they erase the 
"highs" less than the bass.  And if you have an expensive one the size of 
a hockey-puck, you can ruin someone's entire 8-track tape collection in a 
few moments.  Stick it in yr back pocket and wave yr butt around.  

 
 		  









 






WHERE TO GET 'EM



Many inexpensive NIB magnets from WONDERMAGNET, go 
here to order.
  (an EXCELLENT source!)



For tiny spheres and huge slabs, try Mr. George Magnets



Teachersource.com
 has supermagnets & toys



Big Copper Tube + magnets, $33



CMS Magnet



Magnets 4 Less, disks, cylinders, blocks, very low price



Neoworld, small spheres, blocks




All Electronics, lots of misc sizes




Rotometals bulk 
bismuth cheap (no magnets), http://www.rotometals.com/Bismuth-s/4.htm




KJ Magnetics, magnets, sculpture kits.



Scitoys, magnets, floating graphite



EUROPE: Supermagnete, also 
in (Deutsch),  
(Francais)





DuraMag, http://www.duramag.com/rawmat/neosizes.htm, large inexpensive disks and blocks



Gaussboys



"Amazing Magnets"



Arbor Scientific (www.arborsci.com





Herbach & Rademan (mail order surplus)   800-848-8001 ($25 minimum purch)

http://www.herbach.com
a science/electronics surplus supplier, they carry several inexpensive
odd-shaped NIB magnets including an extremely strong 1" disk for $25.

Call for their current "this month" catalog








Arbor Scientific, Ann Arbor, MI,  1-800-367-6695  http://www.arborsci.com

Lee Valley Tools http://www.leevalley.com


Tridus International, 310-408-2222, Paramount, CA (VERY low prices, but
$250 minimum.  Ask for MgOe:30 neodymium, its plenty strong but not
hyper-expensive)  www.tridus.com

Master Magnetics ???

Magnet Sales Inc., 1-800-421-6692, 
http://www.magnetsales.com

Magnets Are Us Inc
South Bend, IN
1-800-470-3350

Surplus suppliers: many mailorder suppliers carry 1" trapezoidal NIB
magnets removed from computer hard disk head position motors.  H&R, Am.
Sci. Surplus, All Electronics, and others.  See:
http://amasci.com/supliers.html or try Wondermagnet.

Or as Mike H. suggests, find old hard-disk drives and tear 'em apart to
get those magnets for free!  NIB magnets are used in the head-positioning
linear motor.  They are arc-shaped and flat, stack them for extra
strength.







 



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