Making Magnetite

[gatewood]

Sup ppl!

I became interested in being able to make my own magnets out of scratch (without electricity), so I thought that, maybe, there are processes of turning hematite, iron, iron oxide or any other, not-too-complex iron compound into magnetite.

Know of any ways of doing so?

 

[EdStainless]

If you want to make magnets you need to look at history.
Before Alnico permanent magnets were based on variations of tools steels.


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