SD cards
Dec 13, 2017 00:01:18 #
James Slick wrote:
If that's the case (and I know MORE about nuclear reactors than MRI!) than even an MRI magnetic field should have no effect on flash memory (SD cards,for example.)
Unless there are ferrous materials inside the case and it pulls the case apart 🙄
Dec 13, 2017 06:55:25 #
James Slick
Loc: Pittsburgh,PA
TriX wrote:
Unless there are ferrous materials inside the case and it pulls the case apart 🙄
Yeah, Mechanical destruction would be theoretically possible, but IDK if there are any ferrous metals in SD cards (or CF cards), Perhaps in an SSD? Would be an interesting "Mister Wizard" experiment if I had access to an MRI machine!
Dec 13, 2017 14:12:12 #
James Slick wrote:
Yeah, Mechanical destruction would be theoretically possible, but IDK if there are any ferrous metals in SD cards (or CF cards), Perhaps in an SSD? Would be an interesting "Mister Wizard" experiment if I had access to an MRI machine!
I have great respect for what an MRI magnet can do. GE medical, who makes MRI magnets, used to be my customer when I worked for Tektronix. Not only could we not use a scope anywhere near one (the field pulled the trace off the screen), but the first day I went there, everyone was evacuated to the outdoors. Turns out someone failed to secure a gas cylinder to a support colum with a chain as was standard practice at the plant. The magnet pulled the 100lb cylinder across the floor where it hit another column, breaking off the valve and flooding the plant with an inert gas.
Yes, I know this is WAY off subject - sorry, couldn’t resist...
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