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