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Old 23rd January 2017, 10:42 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by satsujinken
hi all

Thanks for the interest of the blade

1. The blade stick to magnet !! this amazed me ... I used refrigerator ornament magnet and did not expect it to stick but it is !!

2. if you put it carefully on water, it floats !!

now what do I have here ?? getting more confused here


Donny
Hello Donny,

I agree it can be very misleading, but even floating on water doesn't prove anything but that it has a very low density (after all ships are made of steel too and still float on water). The low density is almost certainly the result of its spongy/porous structure, with many microscopic pockets of air.

This is almost certainly the result of heavy acid attack.

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Marius
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