found this on the netParamagnetic materialsParamagnetic materials are metals that are weakly attracted to magnets. Aluminum and copper are such metals. These materials can become very weak magnets, but their attractive force can only be measured with sensitive instruments.Temperature can affect the magnetic properties of a material. Paramagnetic materials like aluminum, uranium and platinum become more magnetic when they are very cold.The force of a ferromagnetic magnet is about a million times that of a magnet made with a paramagnetic material. Since the attractive force is so small, paramagnetic materials are typically considered nonmagnetic.
The reference to copper here is more important than aluminum.Nickel and COPPER are used as base metals in chrome plating.Copper and nickel are applied to the raw aluminum shell prior to the chrome.Copper is a paramagnetic metal ...so the purity and amount of copper being present and the thickness of the chrome plating may explain the magnetic attraction or lack there of.
Since the acrolite is not chromed,there are no base metals on its shell,so its magnetic attraction if at all present,is less than that of a supra.Thats my argument anyway.
To tell what metals are actually present,you would have to use a scanning mass spectrometer.That machine will tell you what base metals are present ,and in what amounts.Other that the NYPD crime lab,I'm not aware of anyone else that has one.
How about we all chip in,find a lab who has one ,and send them a cross section of supras....and put this thing to bed once and for all.....just a thought.:confused:
Steve B
