logosys wrote:Romstar wrote:Not unless you intend to energize the magnet to the point where you are creating plasma in open air.
At this point, I think you are more likely to burn the lock out of the door than to magnetize and non-ferrous metals.
Although, I have been known to be wrong. I haven't studied a lot of really high energy physics lately.
Good luck,
Romstar
To get a standard 30 brass to madnetize significantly you would have to have a mid-sized nuclear reactor hooked up to your magnetizing device to supply enough energy.
That said, there are some locks with stainless steel drivers and brass pins (don't ask me why, it seems like a bad idea to me too). On that issue, with a significantly large magnetic charge to overcome the spring force, you could just lift the drivers into the hull, opening the lock.
Well I'd say I pretty handily killed that conversation topic....
