Aside from Iron in blood, what are the magnetic materials in human body?
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Blood contains haemoglobin. Haemoglobin is an iron (Fe) containing protein that transports oxygen around the body from the lungs to where it is needed, like the brain or muscles. When the haemoglobin is not carrying oxygen it is more sensitive or paramagnetic than oxygenated blood. A magnetic field occurs around a magnetised object. It can attract or repel other magnetic objects. You can see this field if you place iron filings around a magnet.The earth also has a magnetic field, which is caused by electrical currents within the earth. The strength of a magnetic field is measured in teslas (T). The Earth’s magnetic field is about 50µT in New Zealand. Find out more about this in our article, fossil compass. Much higher magnetic fields are used in other magnets.The magnetic property of blood is also part of what fuels the industry that sells magnetic items as an alternative medicinal therapy.
Few others are maghemite, magnetite....But human body has magnetic effect due to some others reasons too.
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the iron in the blood is in a chemical compound and thus non (ferro) magnetic,As for a possible magnetic sensor in or near the brain of humans..so far nothing similar to small magmnetic crystals like beind the nose of certain birds had been found there.Some people talk in tis context about coherent quantum domains
Although mostly about dielectric properties, the book
Dielectric and Electronic Properties of Biological Materials Hardcover –
by Ronald R. Pethig
has additional information.
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/06/maverick-scientist-thinks-he-has-discovered-magnetic-sixth-sense-humans
Article A Neuronal Signal Detector For Biologically Generated Magnetic Fields
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