Thanks, but this I know. The problem aint that simple. OK, lets say the
wire is high carbon content steel, easily magnetised in the usual way (run
a magnet down its lenght, or whatever). Passing a pulse of current down
this wire, as far as I can tell, does not leave the wire magnetised. Is
there a way of accomplishing this? The inventor may of course be insane
(not uncommon, I hear :)
Bill.
At 16:08 25/03/98 +1200, you wrote:
>At 22:37 24/03/98 +1000, you wrote:
>>Hi all,
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>>How could one permenantly magnetise a lenght of steel wire with an applied
>>heavy current?
>>
>>Bill.
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>Depends an whether the steel is soft or not. Soft steel will magnetise much
>more readily. Its a design consideration with large electromagnets.
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