Talk:Refrigerator magnet

message: Was copied from reference desk; please integrate:
*Magnetic polarization
If we are going to keep this section (I still think it belongs on the Magnet or Magnetism page, not here) then I think it needs improvement. There are many primary sources; this needs some citations. I deleted the sentence, "It is also responsible for making the front of the magnet (the picture side) nearly non-magnetic" because this is irrelevant to fridge magnets. Or, change the sentence to make it contribute to someone wanting information on this topic.Dan Bollinger (talk) 23:55, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: this material has since been added to the article.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 00:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Technical information

message: Dunno if all fridge magnets commonly use it, but the technical term for this arrangement is Halbach array. Femto 20:04, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: section added.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 00:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

text: Maybe all flexible fridge magnets use the narrow stripe (Halbach array) arrangement of poles (on one face) (all mine do, 4 or 5 mm repeat)), but many solid fridge magnets use circular hard magnets - some of these have alternating poles on the face, and some don't. Many with discs 15 mm diameter (4 mm thick) have a single N or S pole on each face. (Some discs over 20 mm diam 5 mm thick have poles that repeat every 15 mm; a 17 mm disc 3 mm thick had a 5 mm repeat) - Rod57 (talk) 09:36, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Halbach array]] 

message: : Maybe all flexible fridge magnets use the narrow stripe (Halbach array) arrangement of poles (on one face) (all mine do, 4 or 5 mm repeat)), but many solid fridge magnets use circular hard magnets - some of these have alternating poles on the face, and some don't. Many with discs 15 mm diameter (4 mm thick) have a single N or S pole on each face. (Some discs over 20 mm diam 5 mm thick have poles that repeat every 15 mm; a 17 mm disc 3 mm thick had a 5 mm repeat) - Rod57 (talk) 09:36, 17 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title: Not all

message: what is the process of making a fridge magnet? I can't find anything. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.152.105.61 (talk) 23:55, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: the flat types manufacturing process is now described.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 00:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Manufacture 

message: It occurred to me that they could probably make refrigerators lighter and possibly more efficient if they didn't use a sold metal door. But where then would we put our magnets? I'm curious if the appliance industry continues to use iron-based materials solely for the convenience of fridge magnets... any info out there? ---Ransom (--71.4.51.150 19:34, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Many refrigerators in Europe have wooden doors (over the metal) on refrigerators, making them look like ordinary cupboards. I was a bit perplexed when I first moved into an apartment with a refrigerator like this, as I didn't know where to put my magnets, but eventually I bought a metal panel (especially made for this kind of thing) from a homeware shop and hung it on a wall. --Angelastic (talk) 17:45, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ferrous refrigerators 

message: The source of the 'impact' statistics seems a bit dubious to me, since it is from a company trying to sell refrigerator magnets for advertising.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.60.179.53 (talk) 21:06, 15 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed it, along with a whole lot of other unsourced, spammy data.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 00:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Impact 

message: What is the difference between the hard and the flexible magnet. And which one is stronger.... EXPLAIN  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.45.187.172 (talk) 09:11, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think the flexible is weaker due to it being a compound material, but also the aforementioned Halbach array. details of the strengths and various differences of such magnets doesnt really belong here, but at more technical articles on magnetismMercurywoodrose (talk) 00:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Types

message: So I was going to remove the fridge poem because it seems like it's about a person, but the image says it's about a cat and the file history confirms that. It's still sort of immature so someone should probably replace it. Just to be Wikipedian about this, the poem should be CC-licensed or public domain.
Roches (talk) 17:32, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  The refrigerator poem is about a cat 

message: I want more on functions of fridge magnet 102.89.22.181 (talk) 19:32, 22 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  I want more on functions of magnet