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m463 on July 18, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: What Materials Are Magnetic?

Wonder if you could use that to separate gasses.

I also wonder about "sorting" atoms/molecules like Maxwell's demon:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_demon

thayne on July 19, 2024 [–]

It's probably possible, but probably is less practical than other methods.

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