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Magnet strong enough to rip the iron out of your body feasible?
Is it possible, given a strong enough magnet, to rip out iron based molecules out of the blood stream/body of a person/animal? Would such an event be the thing that kills someone or are there other adverse effects that would kill a person. I've seen reports of dizziness and metallic taste during MRI scans, but it's not fatal, and AFAIK, the effects of strong magnets on a vertebrate have not been tested.
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Yes and No.
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Therefore, strong enough magnetic fields have the ability to deform and even break objects. When a magnetic field gets stronger than about 500,000 Gauss, objects get ripped to pieces by the intense forces.
But No:
For this reason, scientists cannot build a machine that creates a magnetic field stronger than 500,000 Gauss and survives longer than a fraction of a second. Strong enough magnetic fields therefore destroy objects as we know them. Note that the magnetic fields used in medical MRI scanners are much weaker than 500,000 Gauss and are perfectly safe when used properly.
Source of both quotes What is the strongest magnetic field possible? Is there a limit? Answers provided by Dr. Christopher S. Baird
In theory it could happen, but creating the field is going to cause catastrophic events that make your experiment moot.
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So if I understand this correctly, technically you could accomplish this in some sense, but you would already be dead by the magnetic forces required to accomplish it? — Cazadorro about 8 hours ago
The person would probably die when the machine exploded. As I understand it, the magnetic force required would not just rip the iron out of your body it would destroy the entire cell structure.
If you wanted to take out your kitchen sink, and the plumber used 1000 pounds of TNT, yes your sink would no longer be in the kitchen, and the kitchen would no longer be in the house, and your house and the neighbors houses would no longer be houses, and if you ever found your kitchen sink it would no longer be a sink.
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