I'm into ceramics. Many glazes have cobalt, that's what makes blue. And
many
clays have iron in them. One of my favorite surface treatments, is iron
oxide
and a glaze I like is call "green nickel". Manganese and copper are used
as
well.
Jan
"Jonathan B. Britten" wrote:
> " There are three noteworthy elements in the transition metals
family.
> These elements are iron, cobalt, and nickel, and they are the only
> elements known to produce a magnetic field. "
>
> The site gives the information above, which makes me wonder how
various
> ceramics, such as Higa's EMX ceramics, produce magnetic fields, which
> they evidently do. Solar mentioned something about this to me
> previously. Does anyone know offhand whether ceramics typically
> contain one of the transition elements above? BTW I read somewhere
> recently the amazing claim that most magentic ores are actually made
up
> of dead bacteria; magnetic ores are actually sort of like fossilized
> creatures. IAW, magnetism as contained in magnets is originally a
> biological phenomenon. I do not have the article handy; sorry.
> Fascinating if true, and probably pertinent to the EMX ceramics, the
> process of manufafacturing these involves steeping clay in various
> microorganisms before firing, if I have the details right. . .
>
> JBB
>
> JBB
>
>
>
> Ian Roe wrote:
> >
> > I talked with a pharmacist the other day and he told me silver was a
heavy
> > metal. Shows you how much he knows. The following site lists the
> > transition metals if you ever have to show someone.
> >
> > http://www.chemicalelements.com/groups/transition.html
> >
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I'm into ceramics. Many glazes have cobalt, that's what makes blue. And many
clays have iron in them. One of my favorite surface treatments, is iron oxide
and a glaze I like is call "green nickel". Manganese and copper are used as
well.
Jan
"Jonathan B. Britten" wrote:
> " There are three noteworthy elements in the transition metals family.
> These elements are iron, cobalt, and nickel, and they are the only
> elements known to produce a magnetic field. "
>
> The site gives the information above, which makes me wonder how various
> ceramics, such as Higa's EMX ceramics, produce magnetic fields, which
> they evidently do. Solar mentioned something about this to me
> previously. Does anyone know offhand whether ceramics typically
> contain one of the transition elements above? BTW I read somewhere
> recently the amazing claim that most magentic ores are actually made up
> of dead bacteria; magnetic ores are actually sort of like fossilized
> creatures. IAW, magnetism as contained in magnets is originally a
> biological phenomenon. I do not have the article handy; sorry.
> Fascinating if true, and probably pertinent to the EMX ceramics, the
> process of manufafacturing these involves steeping clay in various
> microorganisms before firing, if I have the details right. . .
>
> JBB
>
> JBB
>
>
>
> Ian Roe wrote:
> >
> > I talked with a pharmacist the other day and he told me silver was a heavy
> > metal. Shows you how much he knows. The following site lists the
> > transition metals if you ever have to show someone.
> >
> > http://www.chemicalelements.com/groups/transition.html
> >
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> >
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> >
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> > List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
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