Do Liquids Weaken Magnetic Fields?

Most recent answer: 02/18/2011

Q:
Will everyday liquids interrupt/weaken a magnetic field?
- Nathan (age 14)
Australia
A:
Everyday liquids (water, oil, alcohol) have almost no effect on magnetic fields.  They have very few unpaired electron spins in them, so there's not much to magnetize.

Mike W.

(published on 02/18/2011)