Requirements for Magnetic Plasma-ization?

dbmorpher

Hi,
I live near the world's most powerful electromagnet. I was wondering if the magnet would be powerful enough to pull the electrons from a metallic bond? The magnet can reach a power level of 45 Tesla. I would like to know if this is powerful enough to do this and if not what is.

mfb

Magnetic fields can influence the energy levels, but they do not "pull" electrons unless you move them in some way.

dbmorpher

So if the energy level is high enough the electrons could disperse themselves and leave just the nucleus, right?

mfb

Electrons in metallic bonds are not bound to any atom.

Just to get a rough order of magnitude of any effects: Electrons need ~0.07c to get a force of ~1eV/nm in a field of 45 Tesla (calculation). 1eV/nm is small compared to electric fields in atoms, and 0.07c is quick.

dbmorpher

Thank you very much