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Mystery Object

**Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 1:50 pm

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There is no dark side of the moon, really. As a matter of fact it's all dark.

Rogi Ocnorb

It's called a Ferrite Bead and is used to absorb extraneous signals on the cable.

**Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:57 pm

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MeCon

Thanks, do you know what kind of metal is on the inside?

**Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 7:33 pm

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There is no dark side of the moon, really. As a matter of fact it's all dark.

Rogi Ocnorb

It's a ceramic compound (cermet) comprised mainly of some form of iron oxide like hematite or magnetite.

**Posted:** Sun Feb 24, 2008 11:21 pm

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