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A magnetic field (ie. Magnetism) is one half of what electromagnetic radiation is made of. The other half is an electric field. How do you think antennas work? An electromagnetic wave induces current in the antenna (right?)justDIY said:well ... electromagnetic radiation is different than magnetism I think .
You mean use induction to generate current spikes in the chip like an EMP? I think that could do it but you would have to work at it a bit.bioborg said:...and, I believe that if I take a magnet lets say nice size (3x3), and spin it fast enough so that the field is coming into effect at a high enough rate, this could also be a means to cause changes in the static state?, I think?
justDIY said:(x-rays, gamma, cosmic, etc) ... but this is electromagnetic radiation (or in the case of your alpha partical cosmic / nuclear radiation) (your alpha particles in space = cosmic radiation)... you don't get that from a magnet.
bioborg said:I believe there can be a current induced through the leads (in theory), enough to cause changes in the SRAM. I believe it's the sort of the same phenomena that occurs often in outer space with Alpha particles and some of their RAM chips
it matters with .how much energy the radiation has . an ionization occurs when the radiation strikes off some electrons from an atom . but high energy particles that occur inside a reactor can penetrate inside an atom to interact with the nuclieus ..then it can become radioactive (which is independent of ionisation) (also don't forget that >99% of a atom is empty )justDIY said:I thought ionizing radiation was a type of radiation that caused other objects to become radioactive ... like exposing steel to the various functions of a nuclear reactor causes it to become radioactive itself, but steel is x-rayed and exposed to UV all the time, and does not become radioactive.
but then again, UV is able to ionize oxygen, creating o-zone ... so i'm not sure what the difference is there?!
pff physics!