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rneville
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Hi,
I have a real world practical problem I need to solve. Assume you have a magnet of your choice and nearby (say 1 inch away) a piece of metal of your choice that is being attracted to the magnet. Is there some material / substance that can be easily placed between the magnet and the piece of metal that will diminish or ideally, cancel the attractive force? The only requirement of this problem is that the 'material' needs to be easily inserted and removed with little energy expended. What magnet / metal combination would provide the greatest attractive force without the 'material' but offer the largest reduction in force when intercepted with this 'material'?
Ok so you can smell from my terminology that this is not my field - I'm in the computer side but this truly is a problem that needs a solution.
Thanks for any suggestions!
rob
I have a real world practical problem I need to solve. Assume you have a magnet of your choice and nearby (say 1 inch away) a piece of metal of your choice that is being attracted to the magnet. Is there some material / substance that can be easily placed between the magnet and the piece of metal that will diminish or ideally, cancel the attractive force? The only requirement of this problem is that the 'material' needs to be easily inserted and removed with little energy expended. What magnet / metal combination would provide the greatest attractive force without the 'material' but offer the largest reduction in force when intercepted with this 'material'?
Ok so you can smell from my terminology that this is not my field - I'm in the computer side but this truly is a problem that needs a solution.
Thanks for any suggestions!
rob