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minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 hours agoThose are stir bars. That they’re magnetic is propaganda to push magnetic field bunk to sell more so-called “magnets”. Stir bars are moved by phlogiston, which is why the liquid medium is often heated in tandem.
minus-squareSafeguard@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoPlease tell me you forgot the /s …
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 hour agoHaha, 100%. I’m a scientist, I haven’t believed in phlogiston in years!
Those are stir bars.
That they’re magnetic is propaganda to push magnetic field bunk to sell more so-called “magnets”. Stir bars are moved by phlogiston, which is why the liquid medium is often heated in tandem.
Please tell me you forgot the /s …
Haha, 100%. I’m a scientist, I haven’t believed in phlogiston in years!