Thanks I figured something like that would happen, but back to my original question, does a magnet attract or simple effect electrons (by effect I mean like that elementary school experiment where you put the magnet under a piece of paper, sprinkle iron filings on top of the paper and the...
His goal is to create a "battery that never goes dead" His idea is to take a coil of wire with a diode (which will only conduct electricity in one direction, please correct me if I'm wrong) and use the magnet (not moving) to attract the electrons past the diode, in his mind after the electrons...
I know that magnetic fields can effect electrons in certain ways, but I specifically want to know if a bar magnet just sitting on a desk will attract "free electrons" much like a magnet will attract a paperclip. The reason for this question is my brother is working on a new type of battery that...