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No Iron Filings In My Tea Cup is a new type of cup that has a magnet built into its base.
The purpose of the base is to extract and retain any iron filings which may have been included with the tea, or coffee contents. (or even in the water itself)
After each use, the cup can be examined for evidence
of iron filings and an even more powerful magnet used to retrieve them.
For [xenzag]
https://www.magnets...agnetic-separation/
Sounds like you need to pour all your food through a magnetic separator... [neutrinos_shadow, Jul 11 2022]
How many iron filings did you drink today?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=d5JMMlB_lWE
[xenzag, Jul 12 2022]
[link]
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Maybe have the magnetic part arranged in a pretty pattern so
when you look in horror at how many iron filings were in your
tea they'll form a little sculpture so you can at least say "Oh,
that's pretty though." Paisley maybe? [+] |
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Is this a problem that you actually have, or are you trying to
preemptively solve it just in case it happens? |
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I wish to complain, my tea has brass filings in the bottom and this device doesn't adequately deal with them. |
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//Is this a problem// You can never be too carefull when it comes to the gradual accumulation of iron filings via repeated tea consumption. |
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Wouldn't your elf utilize the incoming iron as, you know, iron? |
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What about a magnetic bowl to remove the iron filings from
breakfast cereal? Surely these also constitute a threat to your
iron-free diet? |
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When we tell our fortune by the patterns of iron filings in the
bottom of the cup, this may distort the data, leading to
groundless premonitions of seething hedgehogs. |
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But what are you going to do about the Potassium-40 in
bananas? |
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Did you know that there's a highly prized style of iron
teapot
in Japan which is un-enamelled inside?
The iron dissolved during brewing is said to give the tea an
improved flavour. |
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Also, did you know that lucky iron fishes are put into
cooking-
pots in Cambodia, to prevent iron deficiency? |
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Also, did you know that the US military temporarily tins
some
of its plastic-pouch rations to add sufficient iron to the
soldier's diet? |
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I can see this finding a niche but surprisingly large market among
construction and factory workers. Given the large number of
steel office desks in such worksites, I can see it pulling double
duty as a spill preventer. [+], would that I had but one more bun
to give. |
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//The iron dissolved during brewing// Dissolved
iron is not the problem. Iron filings are undissolved
particles. |
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Forgive my display of ignorance, but isn't a significant portion of even undissolved iron bioavailable through the magic of stomach acid? Iron chloride, per my two minute Google degree in biochemistry. |
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re: xenzag's yt! vid: Nasty. Thank you. |
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Fun experiment:
1. Add warm water to an bowl containing CornFlakes™ or similar 'fortified' cereal.
2.Wait 3-5 minutes* until the flakes are mushy.
3. Stir the mess with a bar magnet.
4. Remove the magnet and allow it to dry.
5. Be amazed by the number of iron filings you find on the magnet. This is your cereal's 'added iron'. Not even kidding. |
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Are you saying that if I stirred some iron fiings into
a cup of water, you would drink it all? This is what
happens with cups of tea. (until now with my new
magnet equipped cup) |
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I would, if there weren't a lot. Until I learn otherwise I think it's usable iron, and not enough to cause iron poisoning. |
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//This is what happens with cups of tea.//
Your tea actually comes with an iron supplement? I would look for a new supplier. If it has iron who knows what else it's contaminated with. And that ferromagnetic material may not just be iron. It could contain other metals less amiable to human (forgive me for assuming your species) life. |
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Won't the iron particles combine in your stomach
to form into solid nuggets that grow like pearls? |
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//Won't the iron particles combine in your stomach to form
into solid nuggets that grow like pearls?// |
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Maybe, I suppose - if you're a clam.
Is that the intended market? |
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Recently, I was wondering whether iron-fortified cereal would
pose a risk in an MRI machine. Googling suggested no, and I
can tell you that an appointment letter for such a scan makes
no mention of avoiding breakfast. |
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Don't avoid breakfast. It doesn't mean you any harm. It just
wants to talk. Why are you looking at it like that? |
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I have breakfast for every meal! And sometimes in between meal times as well! |
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