@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 16 days agoSemi-Truck Spills $800K in Dimes Causing Unfathomably Annoying Cleanupwww.thedrive.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up1245arrow-down12
arrow-up1243arrow-down1external-linkSemi-Truck Spills $800K in Dimes Causing Unfathomably Annoying Cleanupwww.thedrive.com@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world • 16 days agomessage-square25fedilink
minus-squareJaylinkfedilinkEnglish11•16 days agoAre american dimes not magnetic? A magnetic floor sweeper should have worked great there.
minus-square@reddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink36•16 days agoNope. Copper and nickel. “Modern dimes are made of an outer cladding of 75% copper and 25% nickel, with an inner core of pure copper. “ https://www.chroniclecollectibles.com/what-is-a-dime-made-of/
minus-squareJaylinkfedilinkEnglish10•16 days agoAh well that sucks. Canadian dimes are magnetic, I thought it may have been similar.
Are american dimes not magnetic? A magnetic floor sweeper should have worked great there.
Nope. Copper and nickel.
“Modern dimes are made of an outer cladding of 75% copper and 25% nickel, with an inner core of pure copper. “
https://www.chroniclecollectibles.com/what-is-a-dime-made-of/
Ah well that sucks. Canadian dimes are magnetic, I thought it may have been similar.