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Old Aug 13, 2004 | 6:21 am
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Could very well be.

Everything disrupts a magnetic field to some extent. Most materials don't disrupt it to the point where it is very noticible. Ferromagnetic, ferrimagnetic, and paramagnetic materials will be more readily detected than diamagnetic materials and antiferromagnetic materials.
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