Combustion Processes Under Intense Magentic Fields

As a means of clarifying the effect of dc magnetic fields on oxidation reactions in living organisms, the authors studied combustion phenomena in air. In one experiment, benzine was injected into four Pt body warmers, which were ignited with two exposed to a graded dc magnetic field (1.0 T, 10 T/m); the combustion time of the exposed group was 16 percesnt shorter on average. In another experiment, two body warmers were placed at the poles of an electromagnet and ignited, and combustion times measured, turning the magnet on and off; combustion times were 15.6 percent shorter on average when exposed to the field.