scrappappy
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Sorry if this has been covered already but I couldn't find it using the search.
My question is about testing brass with a Neodymium magnet and the reaction you would expect.
I ask this because I have an old artifact that appears to be brass but it reacts to the Neodymium magnet and also seems much heavier than I would expect for copper. It's handmade out of two thin sheets of metal (like a small book binder) and measures about 3" x 2" but it weighs about 2 oz. It also appears to be hand wrought with possibly crude alloys. It would have been a precious item to the people that made it, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if some amount of gold was used. It's about 300 years old so I really don't wanna do any intrusive tests, hence the Neodymium test. Any other ideas ideas for testing?
My question is about testing brass with a Neodymium magnet and the reaction you would expect.
I ask this because I have an old artifact that appears to be brass but it reacts to the Neodymium magnet and also seems much heavier than I would expect for copper. It's handmade out of two thin sheets of metal (like a small book binder) and measures about 3" x 2" but it weighs about 2 oz. It also appears to be hand wrought with possibly crude alloys. It would have been a precious item to the people that made it, so I wouldn't be surprised at all if some amount of gold was used. It's about 300 years old so I really don't wanna do any intrusive tests, hence the Neodymium test. Any other ideas ideas for testing?