Material for weapons and tools in a magnetic field
What material for weapons and tools would a tribal/medieval society use if there was a magnetic field preventing the use of iron? The iron would be attracted by the ground, obviously. It can`t be used for arrows for example as they would not get to far.
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What material for weapons and tools would a tribal/medieval society use if there was a magnetic field preventing the use of iron? The iron would be attracted by the ground, obviously. It can`t be used for arrows for example as they would not get to far.
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I don't really understand how a planetary magnetic field could 'prevent' the use of iron. What do you mean by prevent? Does it rust or explode or break or simply fade away?
– kineticcrusher
2 hours ago
1
Does this mean that no metals that are affected by magnets can be used? Can they even be used to make other alloys? Because not all iron based steels can be affected by magnets.
– K Mo
2 hours ago
I thought all iron based materials are attracted by the magnets.
– Edward Constantin
2 hours ago
@EdwardConstantin - There's a number of different magnetic materials, of which iron is probably the best known. I think a clarifying question would be "how strong is your planet's magnetic field?" and/or "how large an area does the magnetic field cover?". Note that magnetic fields fall off as the cube of the distance, so your field strength would be absolutely enormous - you might want to figure out at what point moving the object generates a noticeable electric charge.
– Clockwork-Muse
29 mins ago
I didn`t think of the electric induction. Could this be used to create teaser-like swords?
– Edward Constantin
13 mins ago
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What material for weapons and tools would a tribal/medieval society use if there was a magnetic field preventing the use of iron? The iron would be attracted by the ground, obviously. It can`t be used for arrows for example as they would not get to far.
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What material for weapons and tools would a tribal/medieval society use if there was a magnetic field preventing the use of iron? The iron would be attracted by the ground, obviously. It can`t be used for arrows for example as they would not get to far.
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I don't really understand how a planetary magnetic field could 'prevent' the use of iron. What do you mean by prevent? Does it rust or explode or break or simply fade away?
– kineticcrusher
2 hours ago
1
Does this mean that no metals that are affected by magnets can be used? Can they even be used to make other alloys? Because not all iron based steels can be affected by magnets.
– K Mo
2 hours ago
I thought all iron based materials are attracted by the magnets.
– Edward Constantin
2 hours ago
@EdwardConstantin - There's a number of different magnetic materials, of which iron is probably the best known. I think a clarifying question would be "how strong is your planet's magnetic field?" and/or "how large an area does the magnetic field cover?". Note that magnetic fields fall off as the cube of the distance, so your field strength would be absolutely enormous - you might want to figure out at what point moving the object generates a noticeable electric charge.
– Clockwork-Muse
29 mins ago
I didn`t think of the electric induction. Could this be used to create teaser-like swords?
– Edward Constantin
13 mins ago
add a comment |
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I don't really understand how a planetary magnetic field could 'prevent' the use of iron. What do you mean by prevent? Does it rust or explode or break or simply fade away?
– kineticcrusher
2 hours ago
1
Does this mean that no metals that are affected by magnets can be used? Can they even be used to make other alloys? Because not all iron based steels can be affected by magnets.
– K Mo
2 hours ago
I thought all iron based materials are attracted by the magnets.
– Edward Constantin
2 hours ago
@EdwardConstantin - There's a number of different magnetic materials, of which iron is probably the best known. I think a clarifying question would be "how strong is your planet's magnetic field?" and/or "how large an area does the magnetic field cover?". Note that magnetic fields fall off as the cube of the distance, so your field strength would be absolutely enormous - you might want to figure out at what point moving the object generates a noticeable electric charge.
– Clockwork-Muse
29 mins ago
I didn`t think of the electric induction. Could this be used to create teaser-like swords?
– Edward Constantin
13 mins ago
3
3
I don't really understand how a planetary magnetic field could 'prevent' the use of iron. What do you mean by prevent? Does it rust or explode or break or simply fade away?
– kineticcrusher
2 hours ago
I don't really understand how a planetary magnetic field could 'prevent' the use of iron. What do you mean by prevent? Does it rust or explode or break or simply fade away?
– kineticcrusher
2 hours ago
1
1
Does this mean that no metals that are affected by magnets can be used? Can they even be used to make other alloys? Because not all iron based steels can be affected by magnets.
– K Mo
2 hours ago
Does this mean that no metals that are affected by magnets can be used? Can they even be used to make other alloys? Because not all iron based steels can be affected by magnets.
– K Mo
2 hours ago
I thought all iron based materials are attracted by the magnets.
– Edward Constantin
2 hours ago
I thought all iron based materials are attracted by the magnets.
– Edward Constantin
2 hours ago
@EdwardConstantin - There's a number of different magnetic materials, of which iron is probably the best known. I think a clarifying question would be "how strong is your planet's magnetic field?" and/or "how large an area does the magnetic field cover?". Note that magnetic fields fall off as the cube of the distance, so your field strength would be absolutely enormous - you might want to figure out at what point moving the object generates a noticeable electric charge.
– Clockwork-Muse
29 mins ago
@EdwardConstantin - There's a number of different magnetic materials, of which iron is probably the best known. I think a clarifying question would be "how strong is your planet's magnetic field?" and/or "how large an area does the magnetic field cover?". Note that magnetic fields fall off as the cube of the distance, so your field strength would be absolutely enormous - you might want to figure out at what point moving the object generates a noticeable electric charge.
– Clockwork-Muse
29 mins ago
I didn`t think of the electric induction. Could this be used to create teaser-like swords?
– Edward Constantin
13 mins ago
I didn`t think of the electric induction. Could this be used to create teaser-like swords?
– Edward Constantin
13 mins ago
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Earth's history is filled with non-magnetic weapons and tools. The Iron Age was named for the increasing use of iron in tools and weapons -- before that, bronze, copper, wood and stone did the same jobs, perhaps not quite as well, but well enough to do the job for many centuries.
answered 2 hours ago
Zeiss Ikon
995110
I don't know what you mean by "Christian Era", here, since iron had been worked for at least a millennium before the birth of Christ, and the iron age itself "ended" (see article) 500 years before then too.
– Clockwork-Muse
38 mins ago
@Clockwork-Muse Okay, thinking about it, I recall the "Bronze Age Crash" being around 1177 BCE, so I was off close to a thousand years. Edited. FWIW, iron working preceded the Iron Age by a bit -- meteoric iron, bog iron, etc. were workable with bronze working tools; the Iron Age was denoted by the ability to extract iron from ore and the near-complete replacement of bronze by iron.
– Zeiss Ikon
4 mins ago
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Ceramic knifes would be cool:
A ceramic knife is a knife designed with a ceramic blade typically made from zirconium dioxide (ZrO2; also known as zirconia). These knife blades are usually produced through the dry-pressing and firing of powdered zirconia using solid-state sintering.
(Wikipedia)
I'm not sure if this technology is feasible for a medieval society - but its fiction, so why not?
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Well, stone knives have been a thing for a couple years now. Chip away at a pot shard and you should have a reasonable "ceramic knife"!
– elemtilas
1 hour ago
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Stick with bronze.
You may have heard of the bronze age, a time in which all metal tools were made out of bronze (not iron or steel). Bronze is a non-magnetic metal alloy used in human history to make tools, and weapons, and pretty much anything you would make out of iron.
Bronze is a simple historically friendly answer to a substance that can easily be used in a strong magnetic field.
After the bronze age, a civilization might proceed directly to the plastics age if iron is not feasible.
answered 1 hour ago
Tyler S. Loeper
3,6121726
add a comment |
Use whatever materials you want:
As you say:
The iron would be attracted by the ground
The thing is that arrows already are attracted to the ground - by gravity. You have to ask just how strong this magnetic field must be to noticeably deflect arrows.
Some experiments have been done on this with bullets including by the Mythbusters but they used non-ferrous ammunition.
The following video however shows an experiment with a powerful neodymium magnet and a steel ball from a low-powered air rifle. There is some deflection but they fire very close to the magnet and I don't suppose your landscape is made of neodymium.
https://youtu.be/pXDLGNKoR2c?t=279
Firing near a the world's most powerful MRI machine that has a 45-ton magnet and generates a 9.4-Tesla magnetic field would definitely deflect or even stop an arrow but there's nowhere to plug one in during medieval times.
answered 1 hour ago
chasly from UK
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The ground would be very magnetic, basically making every iron object much heavier. I think they could use some iron melee weapons in this case if they are very strong
– Edward Constantin
1 hour ago
1
Let's say arrows are 5 feet above the ground when fired, then nothing short of a multi-Tesla MRI machine will deflect them appreciably. Incidentally the Earths magnetic field is about 10 micro Teslas
– chasly from UK
1 hour ago
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Earth's history is filled with non-magnetic weapons and tools. The Iron Age was named for the increasing use of iron in tools and weapons -- before that, bronze, copper, wood and stone did the same jobs, perhaps not quite as well, but well enough to do the job for many centuries.
answered 2 hours ago
Zeiss Ikon
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I don't know what you mean by "Christian Era", here, since iron had been worked for at least a millennium before the birth of Christ, and the iron age itself "ended" (see article) 500 years before then too.
– Clockwork-Muse
38 mins ago
@Clockwork-Muse Okay, thinking about it, I recall the "Bronze Age Crash" being around 1177 BCE, so I was off close to a thousand years. Edited. FWIW, iron working preceded the Iron Age by a bit -- meteoric iron, bog iron, etc. were workable with bronze working tools; the Iron Age was denoted by the ability to extract iron from ore and the near-complete replacement of bronze by iron.
– Zeiss Ikon
4 mins ago
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Earth's history is filled with non-magnetic weapons and tools. The Iron Age was named for the increasing use of iron in tools and weapons -- before that, bronze, copper, wood and stone did the same jobs, perhaps not quite as well, but well enough to do the job for many centuries.
answered 2 hours ago
Zeiss Ikon
995110
I don't know what you mean by "Christian Era", here, since iron had been worked for at least a millennium before the birth of Christ, and the iron age itself "ended" (see article) 500 years before then too.
– Clockwork-Muse
38 mins ago
@Clockwork-Muse Okay, thinking about it, I recall the "Bronze Age Crash" being around 1177 BCE, so I was off close to a thousand years. Edited. FWIW, iron working preceded the Iron Age by a bit -- meteoric iron, bog iron, etc. were workable with bronze working tools; the Iron Age was denoted by the ability to extract iron from ore and the near-complete replacement of bronze by iron.
– Zeiss Ikon
4 mins ago
add a comment |
Earth's history is filled with non-magnetic weapons and tools. The Iron Age was named for the increasing use of iron in tools and weapons -- before that, bronze, copper, wood and stone did the same jobs, perhaps not quite as well, but well enough to do the job for many centuries.
answered 2 hours ago
Zeiss Ikon
995110
Earth's history is filled with non-magnetic weapons and tools. The Iron Age was named for the increasing use of iron in tools and weapons -- before that, bronze, copper, wood and stone did the same jobs, perhaps not quite as well, but well enough to do the job for many centuries.
answered 2 hours ago
Zeiss Ikon
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Zeiss Ikon
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answered 2 hours ago
Zeiss Ikon
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I don't know what you mean by "Christian Era", here, since iron had been worked for at least a millennium before the birth of Christ, and the iron age itself "ended" (see article) 500 years before then too.
– Clockwork-Muse
38 mins ago
@Clockwork-Muse Okay, thinking about it, I recall the "Bronze Age Crash" being around 1177 BCE, so I was off close to a thousand years. Edited. FWIW, iron working preceded the Iron Age by a bit -- meteoric iron, bog iron, etc. were workable with bronze working tools; the Iron Age was denoted by the ability to extract iron from ore and the near-complete replacement of bronze by iron.
– Zeiss Ikon
4 mins ago
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I don't know what you mean by "Christian Era", here, since iron had been worked for at least a millennium before the birth of Christ, and the iron age itself "ended" (see article) 500 years before then too.
– Clockwork-Muse
38 mins ago
@Clockwork-Muse Okay, thinking about it, I recall the "Bronze Age Crash" being around 1177 BCE, so I was off close to a thousand years. Edited. FWIW, iron working preceded the Iron Age by a bit -- meteoric iron, bog iron, etc. were workable with bronze working tools; the Iron Age was denoted by the ability to extract iron from ore and the near-complete replacement of bronze by iron.
– Zeiss Ikon
4 mins ago
I don't know what you mean by "Christian Era", here, since iron had been worked for at least a millennium before the birth of Christ, and the iron age itself "ended" (see article) 500 years before then too.
– Clockwork-Muse
38 mins ago
I don't know what you mean by "Christian Era", here, since iron had been worked for at least a millennium before the birth of Christ, and the iron age itself "ended" (see article) 500 years before then too.
– Clockwork-Muse
38 mins ago
@Clockwork-Muse Okay, thinking about it, I recall the "Bronze Age Crash" being around 1177 BCE, so I was off close to a thousand years. Edited. FWIW, iron working preceded the Iron Age by a bit -- meteoric iron, bog iron, etc. were workable with bronze working tools; the Iron Age was denoted by the ability to extract iron from ore and the near-complete replacement of bronze by iron.
– Zeiss Ikon
4 mins ago
@Clockwork-Muse Okay, thinking about it, I recall the "Bronze Age Crash" being around 1177 BCE, so I was off close to a thousand years. Edited. FWIW, iron working preceded the Iron Age by a bit -- meteoric iron, bog iron, etc. were workable with bronze working tools; the Iron Age was denoted by the ability to extract iron from ore and the near-complete replacement of bronze by iron.
– Zeiss Ikon
4 mins ago
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Ceramic knifes would be cool:
A ceramic knife is a knife designed with a ceramic blade typically made from zirconium dioxide (ZrO2; also known as zirconia). These knife blades are usually produced through the dry-pressing and firing of powdered zirconia using solid-state sintering.
(Wikipedia)
I'm not sure if this technology is feasible for a medieval society - but its fiction, so why not?
edited 2 hours ago
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Well, stone knives have been a thing for a couple years now. Chip away at a pot shard and you should have a reasonable "ceramic knife"!
– elemtilas
1 hour ago
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Ceramic knifes would be cool:
A ceramic knife is a knife designed with a ceramic blade typically made from zirconium dioxide (ZrO2; also known as zirconia). These knife blades are usually produced through the dry-pressing and firing of powdered zirconia using solid-state sintering.
(Wikipedia)
I'm not sure if this technology is feasible for a medieval society - but its fiction, so why not?
edited 2 hours ago
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Well, stone knives have been a thing for a couple years now. Chip away at a pot shard and you should have a reasonable "ceramic knife"!
– elemtilas
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Ceramic knifes would be cool:
A ceramic knife is a knife designed with a ceramic blade typically made from zirconium dioxide (ZrO2; also known as zirconia). These knife blades are usually produced through the dry-pressing and firing of powdered zirconia using solid-state sintering.
(Wikipedia)
I'm not sure if this technology is feasible for a medieval society - but its fiction, so why not?
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Ceramic knifes would be cool:
A ceramic knife is a knife designed with a ceramic blade typically made from zirconium dioxide (ZrO2; also known as zirconia). These knife blades are usually produced through the dry-pressing and firing of powdered zirconia using solid-state sintering.
(Wikipedia)
I'm not sure if this technology is feasible for a medieval society - but its fiction, so why not?
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Well, stone knives have been a thing for a couple years now. Chip away at a pot shard and you should have a reasonable "ceramic knife"!
– elemtilas
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Well, stone knives have been a thing for a couple years now. Chip away at a pot shard and you should have a reasonable "ceramic knife"!
– elemtilas
1 hour ago
Well, stone knives have been a thing for a couple years now. Chip away at a pot shard and you should have a reasonable "ceramic knife"!
– elemtilas
1 hour ago
Well, stone knives have been a thing for a couple years now. Chip away at a pot shard and you should have a reasonable "ceramic knife"!
– elemtilas
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Stick with bronze.
You may have heard of the bronze age, a time in which all metal tools were made out of bronze (not iron or steel). Bronze is a non-magnetic metal alloy used in human history to make tools, and weapons, and pretty much anything you would make out of iron.
Bronze is a simple historically friendly answer to a substance that can easily be used in a strong magnetic field.
After the bronze age, a civilization might proceed directly to the plastics age if iron is not feasible.
answered 1 hour ago
Tyler S. Loeper
3,6121726
add a comment |
Stick with bronze.
You may have heard of the bronze age, a time in which all metal tools were made out of bronze (not iron or steel). Bronze is a non-magnetic metal alloy used in human history to make tools, and weapons, and pretty much anything you would make out of iron.
Bronze is a simple historically friendly answer to a substance that can easily be used in a strong magnetic field.
After the bronze age, a civilization might proceed directly to the plastics age if iron is not feasible.
answered 1 hour ago
Tyler S. Loeper
3,6121726
add a comment |
Stick with bronze.
You may have heard of the bronze age, a time in which all metal tools were made out of bronze (not iron or steel). Bronze is a non-magnetic metal alloy used in human history to make tools, and weapons, and pretty much anything you would make out of iron.
Bronze is a simple historically friendly answer to a substance that can easily be used in a strong magnetic field.
After the bronze age, a civilization might proceed directly to the plastics age if iron is not feasible.
answered 1 hour ago
Tyler S. Loeper
3,6121726
Stick with bronze.
You may have heard of the bronze age, a time in which all metal tools were made out of bronze (not iron or steel). Bronze is a non-magnetic metal alloy used in human history to make tools, and weapons, and pretty much anything you would make out of iron.
Bronze is a simple historically friendly answer to a substance that can easily be used in a strong magnetic field.
After the bronze age, a civilization might proceed directly to the plastics age if iron is not feasible.
answered 1 hour ago
Tyler S. Loeper
3,6121726
answered 1 hour ago
Tyler S. Loeper
3,6121726
answered 1 hour ago
Tyler S. Loeper
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answered 1 hour ago
Tyler S. Loeper
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add a comment |
Use whatever materials you want:
As you say:
The iron would be attracted by the ground
The thing is that arrows already are attracted to the ground - by gravity. You have to ask just how strong this magnetic field must be to noticeably deflect arrows.
Some experiments have been done on this with bullets including by the Mythbusters but they used non-ferrous ammunition.
The following video however shows an experiment with a powerful neodymium magnet and a steel ball from a low-powered air rifle. There is some deflection but they fire very close to the magnet and I don't suppose your landscape is made of neodymium.
https://youtu.be/pXDLGNKoR2c?t=279
Firing near a the world's most powerful MRI machine that has a 45-ton magnet and generates a 9.4-Tesla magnetic field would definitely deflect or even stop an arrow but there's nowhere to plug one in during medieval times.
answered 1 hour ago
chasly from UK
12.3k355111
The ground would be very magnetic, basically making every iron object much heavier. I think they could use some iron melee weapons in this case if they are very strong
– Edward Constantin
1 hour ago
1
Let's say arrows are 5 feet above the ground when fired, then nothing short of a multi-Tesla MRI machine will deflect them appreciably. Incidentally the Earths magnetic field is about 10 micro Teslas
– chasly from UK
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Use whatever materials you want:
As you say:
The iron would be attracted by the ground
The thing is that arrows already are attracted to the ground - by gravity. You have to ask just how strong this magnetic field must be to noticeably deflect arrows.
Some experiments have been done on this with bullets including by the Mythbusters but they used non-ferrous ammunition.
The following video however shows an experiment with a powerful neodymium magnet and a steel ball from a low-powered air rifle. There is some deflection but they fire very close to the magnet and I don't suppose your landscape is made of neodymium.
https://youtu.be/pXDLGNKoR2c?t=279
Firing near a the world's most powerful MRI machine that has a 45-ton magnet and generates a 9.4-Tesla magnetic field would definitely deflect or even stop an arrow but there's nowhere to plug one in during medieval times.
answered 1 hour ago
chasly from UK
12.3k355111
The ground would be very magnetic, basically making every iron object much heavier. I think they could use some iron melee weapons in this case if they are very strong
– Edward Constantin
1 hour ago
1
Let's say arrows are 5 feet above the ground when fired, then nothing short of a multi-Tesla MRI machine will deflect them appreciably. Incidentally the Earths magnetic field is about 10 micro Teslas
– chasly from UK
1 hour ago
add a comment |
Use whatever materials you want:
As you say:
The iron would be attracted by the ground
The thing is that arrows already are attracted to the ground - by gravity. You have to ask just how strong this magnetic field must be to noticeably deflect arrows.
Some experiments have been done on this with bullets including by the Mythbusters but they used non-ferrous ammunition.
The following video however shows an experiment with a powerful neodymium magnet and a steel ball from a low-powered air rifle. There is some deflection but they fire very close to the magnet and I don't suppose your landscape is made of neodymium.
https://youtu.be/pXDLGNKoR2c?t=279
Firing near a the world's most powerful MRI machine that has a 45-ton magnet and generates a 9.4-Tesla magnetic field would definitely deflect or even stop an arrow but there's nowhere to plug one in during medieval times.
answered 1 hour ago
chasly from UK
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Use whatever materials you want:
As you say:
The iron would be attracted by the ground
The thing is that arrows already are attracted to the ground - by gravity. You have to ask just how strong this magnetic field must be to noticeably deflect arrows.
Some experiments have been done on this with bullets including by the Mythbusters but they used non-ferrous ammunition.
The following video however shows an experiment with a powerful neodymium magnet and a steel ball from a low-powered air rifle. There is some deflection but they fire very close to the magnet and I don't suppose your landscape is made of neodymium.
https://youtu.be/pXDLGNKoR2c?t=279
Firing near a the world's most powerful MRI machine that has a 45-ton magnet and generates a 9.4-Tesla magnetic field would definitely deflect or even stop an arrow but there's nowhere to plug one in during medieval times.
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The ground would be very magnetic, basically making every iron object much heavier. I think they could use some iron melee weapons in this case if they are very strong
– Edward Constantin
1 hour ago
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Let's say arrows are 5 feet above the ground when fired, then nothing short of a multi-Tesla MRI machine will deflect them appreciably. Incidentally the Earths magnetic field is about 10 micro Teslas
– chasly from UK
1 hour ago
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The ground would be very magnetic, basically making every iron object much heavier. I think they could use some iron melee weapons in this case if they are very strong
– Edward Constantin
1 hour ago
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Let's say arrows are 5 feet above the ground when fired, then nothing short of a multi-Tesla MRI machine will deflect them appreciably. Incidentally the Earths magnetic field is about 10 micro Teslas
– chasly from UK
1 hour ago
The ground would be very magnetic, basically making every iron object much heavier. I think they could use some iron melee weapons in this case if they are very strong
– Edward Constantin
1 hour ago
The ground would be very magnetic, basically making every iron object much heavier. I think they could use some iron melee weapons in this case if they are very strong
– Edward Constantin
1 hour ago
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Let's say arrows are 5 feet above the ground when fired, then nothing short of a multi-Tesla MRI machine will deflect them appreciably. Incidentally the Earths magnetic field is about 10 micro Teslas
– chasly from UK
1 hour ago
Let's say arrows are 5 feet above the ground when fired, then nothing short of a multi-Tesla MRI machine will deflect them appreciably. Incidentally the Earths magnetic field is about 10 micro Teslas
– chasly from UK
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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I don't really understand how a planetary magnetic field could 'prevent' the use of iron. What do you mean by prevent? Does it rust or explode or break or simply fade away?
– kineticcrusher
2 hours ago
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Does this mean that no metals that are affected by magnets can be used? Can they even be used to make other alloys? Because not all iron based steels can be affected by magnets.
– K Mo
2 hours ago
I thought all iron based materials are attracted by the magnets.
– Edward Constantin
2 hours ago
@EdwardConstantin - There's a number of different magnetic materials, of which iron is probably the best known. I think a clarifying question would be "how strong is your planet's magnetic field?" and/or "how large an area does the magnetic field cover?". Note that magnetic fields fall off as the cube of the distance, so your field strength would be absolutely enormous - you might want to figure out at what point moving the object generates a noticeable electric charge.
– Clockwork-Muse
29 mins ago
I didn`t think of the electric induction. Could this be used to create teaser-like swords?
– Edward Constantin
13 mins ago