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Two Rare-Earth Magnets and A Few Thousand Paperclips

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Uploaded by on Oct 1, 2009

http://KJMagnetics.com - We finally answer that eternal question that has haunted mankind for ages. What happens when you take two big, rare-earth magnets and plunge them into a massive amount of paperclips? Well, wonder no more!

Magnets used:
http://kjmagnetics.com/proddetail.asp?prod=DX8C-N52

Side Note: You may notice some jumpiness in the video towards the end. After much head scratching, we've determined it to have been caused by the proximity of the magnets to the camera and the distortion of the magnetic field by the paperclips. Yet another testament to the awesome power of neodymium magnets!

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  • what is the Gauss power of these magnets?

  • @rifleman1002 The DX8C-N52 disc magnet has a surface field of 5233 Gauss.

  • @kjmagnetics OK. Can you please compair this to a Magnetic Lifter in junk yards?

  • @rifleman1002 The big magnetic lifters you see in junkyards are likely electromagnets. You need to be able to turn off the magnetic field in order to release whatever you've picked up. The powerful neodymium magnets we carry are "permanent" magnets. Meaning, once they've been charged, you can't just "turn them off".

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  • Booya, giant metal boxing glove

  • Now, go punch somebody in the face with that thing!

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  • now how do you get them off...

  • IRON MAN!! XD

    

  • Now try it with nails :D!

  • get a suit with magnet lining it, then jump into a vat of paperclips and come out as...PAPERCLIP MAN :D

  • That's what i eat for breakfast.

  • Repeat with thumbtacks for major badass status.

  • Good GAUSS man!! Thats incredible

  • nice vid magneto!

  • what if you had a ring ?

  • Iron man!

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