lemme in@lemm.ee to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 hours agoPolice officer's gun sucked away by powerful magnets in lab raidwww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down18
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minus-squareSteveDinn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 hours agoIf you fired a gun past an MRI machine, could it conceivably catch the bullets? I am currently assuming that significant deflection is absolutely possible with such a powerful magnet.
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·57 minutes agoBullets are seldom made of iron though; they’re usually lead sometimes jacketed with copper, so they’re not magnetic. Conductive, but not magnetic.
minus-squareLost_My_Mind@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·16 minutes agoWhat if I filled the room with lightning?
minus-squareprettybunnys@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 minutes agoIt would be super cool
If you fired a gun past an MRI machine, could it conceivably catch the bullets? I am currently assuming that significant deflection is absolutely possible with such a powerful magnet.
Bullets are seldom made of iron though; they’re usually lead sometimes jacketed with copper, so they’re not magnetic. Conductive, but not magnetic.
What if I filled the room with lightning?
It would be super cool