On 8/4/2020 6:54 PM, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Wed, 05 Aug 2020 00:35:41 +0100, Snag wrote:

On 8/4/2020 2:13 PM, Thomas wrote:
Brass is not magnetic.


** It has small rare earth magnets glued into the ends .

Which aren't made of earth.

Which is why they're so rare...

The 17 rare-earth elements are cerium (Ce), dysprosium (Dy), erbium
(Er), europium (Eu), gadolinium (Gd), holmium (Ho), lanthanum (La),
lutetium (Lu), neodymium (Nd), praseodymium (Pr), promethium (Pm),
samarium (Sm), scandium (Sc), terbium (Tb), thulium (Tm), ytterbium
(Yb), and yttrium (Y).

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