Talk:Refrigerator magnet

Technical information

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)

• Unlike most conventional magnets that have distinct, discrete north and south poles, the flat refrigerator magnets made from composite materials (that are used as advertisers and souvenirs, for example, "Wikipedia: your place to be bold!") are often constructed with alternating north and south poles on the same surface of the plane; this can be felt by taking two similar (or identical) refrigerator magnets and sliding them against each other with the "magnetic" sides facing each other: the magnets will alternately repel and attract as they are moved a few millimetres. This construction is more effective at keeping the large planar magnet uniformly stuck onto the steel refrigerator than a uniformly-polarized magnet would be. But this tends to make these magnets less useful for hacking. 19:58, 14 November 2006 User:Femto

this material has since been added to the article.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 00:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Halbach array

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)

section added.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 00:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Not all

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)

Manufacture

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).

the flat types manufacturing process is now described.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 00:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Ferrous refrigerators

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))

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)

Lord Barrington Refridgeratormagnet

I'm not sure if this is a mistake or a joke, but I doubt the inventor of refrigerator magnets was named Refridgeratormagnet, considering the date given is 200 years before refrigerators were invented.00:16, 6 July 2007 68.62.217.199

Well, if it was a mistake - it's been removed. If it was a joke, then whomever did it had way too much time on their hands (like myself) and it is fixed.20:03, 9 July 2007 74.106.254.19

Impact

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)

I have removed it, along with a whole lot of other unsourced, spammy data.Mercurywoodrose (talk) 00:56, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Types

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)

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)

The refrigerator poem is about a cat

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)

I want more on functions of magnet

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