Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!nntp.club.cc.cmu.edu!micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!newsswitch.lcs.mit.edu!nntp.TheWorld.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moroney@world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney) Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: Iron has two rings of protons Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:32:30 +0000 (UTC) Organization: The World : www.TheWorld.com : Since 1989 Lines: 4 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: shell01.theworld.com X-Trace: pcls7.std.com 1543253550 16085 192.74.137.71 (26 Nov 2018 17:32:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@TheWorld.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2018 17:32:30 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: nn/6.6.5 Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:714841 Iron's magnetism is caused by unpaired electrons in some of its orbitals. Nothing to do with the nucleus. Also the magnetism goes away with heat (Curie temp.) which the nucleus does not feel.