Curious: Magnetic bullet question

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The discussion centers on the effects of shooting a neodymium magnet from a shotgun, specifically its potential impact on electronics. A video demonstrates that when multiple magnets are shot, they clump together, resulting in a minimal net magnetic field. However, if a single aerodynamic magnet is shot at a velocity of 400 meters per second, it generates a rapidly changing magnetic field upon impact. This raises concerns about whether such a field could induce damage to electronic devices upon contact.

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No, not the ferrous metal ones that magnets stick to.

My question pertains to what would happen if you shot a neodymium magnet out of a shotgun. I've see a video where they do it and they stick together but what about their effects on electronics? If you hit it and they didn't penetrate would that induce enough of a field to damage electronics?

Say you had one of these moving at 400 meters per second"

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From the shotgun the magnets tumbled so they were able to clump up with opposite poles in contact ... so the net B field is very small.

But if you shoot a single one, make it aerodynamic, you'd have a rapidly changing B field at the target ... you can work out the effect for yourself (and compare with the kinetic energy of the impact).
 

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