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Induced Magnetism in Metal, due to water flow

I would like to know if magnetism can be induced in metal esp. 316L S/S due to the flow of water. The water is circulated with a diaphragm pump and produces a lot of vibration. The pipe is S/S and is ribbed and has a wall thickness of about 5/6". The water also has a lot of debris in it esp. sand.

Keith Stanley
Supervisor production - Dubai, United Arab Emirates
January 17, 2011

(1)Magnetism can be induced only in substances which are magnetizable. Only some grades of SS are so.
(2) Magnetism can be induced only by using either a permanent magnet or an electromagnet. Water can not do this job.
(3) So if the particulate matter in flowing water are already magnetized and if the SS pipe is of magnetic grade there are some chances of the pipe getting magnetized.

H.R. Prabhakara - Consultant
Bangalore Plasmatek - Bangalore Karnataka India
February 2, 2011

Magnetism induced by fluid flow is the study of hydrodynamics.

You could search on that term or make a start by looking at

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetohydrodynamics

Geoff Smith
Hampshire, England
February 7, 2011

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