Science Trivia Thread

[Maximus]

Anyway, below is a crystal of the metal with the highest diamagnetic property. What element is it?

[Caliga]

Titanium?

[Maximus]

nope

[alfred russel]

Is it possible though that some event in the past caused it to speed up? An asteroid impact, for example, or near miss.

Someone can jump in if I'm wrong, but orbiting bodies tend to slow down their rotation and synch with the body they are orbiting. That is why there is a dark side of the moon--the moon has fully synched up and no longer rotates--thus there is only one side that faces us.

For an asteroid collision to change our rotation that much, I'm guessing it would result in the total extinction of any life larger than a few cells.

[Barrister]

Fuck it's even a geology question and I can't get it.  I can't even remember what diamagnetic means.

Let's guess the obvious - iron (although I can't recall ever seeing an iron crystal before)?

[Caliga]

Silver?

[Maximus]

Is it possible though that some event in the past caused it to speed up? An asteroid impact, for example, or near miss.

For an asteroid collision to change our rotation that much, I'm guessing it would result in the total extinction of any life larger than a few cells.

yea probably. Was just a thought.

[Maximus]

Fuck it's even a geology question and I can't get it.  I can't even remember what diamagnetic means.

Let's guess the obvious - iron (although I can't recall ever seeing an iron crystal before)?

Nope, iron is ferromagnetic.

Silver?

nope

[Caliga]

Vanadium?

[Viking]

Bismuth?

[Grey Fox]

Damn, that's an hard question.

What's the difference between ferro & dia magnetic?

[Barrister]

Carbon?

[Maximus]

Bismuth?

Correct.

In simple terms, a ferromagnetic material is attracted by magnets, a diamagnetic material is repelled.

[Viking]

Damn, that's an hard question.

What's the difference between ferro & dia magnetic?

Ferromagnetism means that the magnetic field is set by the structure of the material. Basically normal magnets.

Diamagnetism means that the material gives off a magnetic field opposite to the field acting on it.

[Maximus]

By the way, the human body is diamagnetic. Given a powerful enough magnetic field and the right conditions you could levitate on it.

Of course no telling what else that level of energy would do to you.