A former student emailed me to inquire about why a fair amount of
silverware in restaurants seems to be magnetized. (He lives in the
Seattle area now.) I'm not sure how he noticed, except perhaps
balancing a fork on a spoon and seeing it attracted to a knife, or
something like that.
He thinks perhaps some new type of commercial dishwasher might be
responsible.
Any ideas (I don't have any) would be welcome.
Mike
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Mike Moloney, Physics & Optical Engineering Department
Rose-Hulman Inst of Tech, 812 877 8302
moloney@rose-hulman.edu http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~moloney