🧵 Magneto and electromagnetic inductions

Anonymous at Tue, 21 May 2024 23:46:21 UTC No. 16186998

So something bugged me when I was watching X-Men: First Class.
When Magneto/Magnus was trying to manipulate the coin in front of Sebastian Shaw and his mother, he struggled because scientifically speaking, the 5 Reichsmark he tried to manipulate was made out of 90% silver, which meant it had a weak magnetic signature so he would not be able to move it since he doesn't have control over his powers. As in the manipulation of his magnetism, if you will
Given how we know that we can categorize metals into three groups to identify their magnetic material: ferromagnetic, diamagnetic, and paramagnetic, shouldn't it be duly noted on how Magneto is written as part of his strength to manipulate the magnetic fields surrounding the metals and not just the metal itself? Because if you take into account of ALL the metals he can manipulate (including possible metals such as nth from DC's Thanagarian maces and Uru from Thor's
Mjolnir), should Magneto's powers encompass the manipulation of those certain fields that are found MORE or LESS within the metals that are categorized by their magnetism or are his powers something that are all-encompassing to begin with? As in, non-discriminatory and regardless of magnetic strength? Because it doesn't make sense for him to manipulate silver with the same magnetic strength as iron or nickel, as gold and silver are not ferromagnetic.
I will also make a thread on /co/ explaining this basis of conjecture to better understand and identify the science behind Magneto's powers.
While we're on the subject, should we also take into account Faraday's Law when discussing the polarity of Earth's axis as we saw in the Ultimatum arc written by Jeph Loeb?
https://youtu.be/UYPaeqYUzPs?si=b9LoQD71nPkkIQTD