O/T: Is rust magnetic?

[s--p--o--n--i--x]

Slightly O/T but does anyone know if rust particles will stick to a strong magnet?

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[Richard Conway]

Try no more nails :)

[Chip]

On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 12:54:49 GMT,it is alleged that [e-mail] (s--p--o--n--i--x) spake thusly in uk.d-i-y:

They should, red iron oxide (aka dehydrated rust) was used for old 'ferric' magnetic recording tapes.

[Ed Sirett]

Yes and there is a device marketed to collect the rust in CH systems using a magnet as the water circulates.

I'm not sure that the brown rust is magnetic. However I think it probably is as it is the element Iron itself which is magnetic not a chemical property of compounds.

[OldBill]

The particles of rust I've scraped off rusty items certainly have been.

[Doctor Drivel]

They say they use the same stuff in Magnetec oil, and suspends the iron particles in the water. Then you drain.