• DJDarren@thelemmy.club
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    I feel like Wolverine’s adamantium probably shouldn’t be ferrous, and if that’s the case he wouldn’t be magnetic, right?

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      Non-ferrous metals are still subjected to forces in the presence of changing magnetic fields through a combination of Lenz’s Law and the Lorentz Force.

      It’s why when you drop a magnet through a copper pipe it falls slower than it would in open air.

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      His powers in the comics were explained that he controls magnetic fields or something.

      I can’t remember the exact details, but for a while he and Rogue were able to have a physical relationship by projecting a thin magnetic field around himself, so he can pretty much do whatever. 🤷🏻‍♂️

      I also can’t remember if that was 616 or an alternate universe.

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      Magnetism technically has nothing to do with metals in general, only unpaired electrons. For example, Oxygen can be magnetic in the form O2 and this can be demonstrated while it is in liquid form.

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      If he got one of those demagnetizing things and rubbed it all over his body … then he’d be able to fight Magneto.

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      Magneto controls all metals from what I understand, even stuff like gold.