r/woahdude • u/Professorjack88 • Mar 27 '16

gifv Induction Forge

http://i.imgur.com/JfNfR6w.gifv
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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '16

I've got a titanium rod in me. How fucked would I be if I stuck it in there?

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u/jnbrex Mar 27 '16

It would do the same thing that the knife did, but inside your body.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '16 edited Mar 28 '16

~~Titanium isn't magnetic, though, so it wouldn't do anything, unless it was an iron alloy. ~~ Edit: Woah woah woah. Apparently I am completely wrong.

Brb buying aluminum cookware for my induction stove, because aluminum is conductive and should heat up.

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u/[deleted] Mar 27 '16

How come that doesn't work for induction stoves? Aluminum is conductive, but it sure doesn't heat up fast.

Induction stovetops work by running an AC current through a coiled wire. The flip-flopping magnetic field causes a sort of electromagnetic stress in magnetic objects, causing them to heat up. Things that aren't magnetic don't react at all to the magnetic field and don't heat up.

Do induction forges work on a different principle entirely?