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Easy Way to Detect Iron in a Sample (2015x32)

Fecha de emisión: Abr 15, 2015

Many minerals contain iron but are not noticeably magnetic. Using standard geology class tools I devise a method to detect iron without a microscope. I think that you could also use this as a test to determining how much magnetic Iron is present by replacing the penny with a series of known masses once you find how strongly the magnet is attracted you could calculate the quantity of iron.