[meteorite-list] Word for "attracted by magnets"
From: Matson, Robert <ROBERT.D.MATSON_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Jul 18 20:04:49 2006 Message-ID: <A8044CCD89B24B458AE36254DCA2BD07A4EC64_at_0005-its-exmp01.us.saic.com> Hi G?ran, > Paramagnetic? Are you sure you don't mean ferromagnetic? I guess I was fumbling for a word other than "magnetic" -- a word that has a different meaning for most people. In the meteorite community, we all know what is meant when someone says a meteorite is "magnetic"; perhaps ferromagnetic is the correct word. What I was looking for was the term that most closely means "attracted by permanent magnets, but not (necessarily) attracted to lumps of iron that are not permanent magnets." --Rob Received on Tue 18 Jul 2006 08:04:30 PM PDT |
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