I had something very strange happen.  Hoping someone will have an idea of what happened and be able to explain.  There may be something in this or not.

I was doing a quick experiment involving saltwater, in the case epsom salts in a coil.  I warmed the water in a microwave, not to hot, just warmed so that I could dissolve the salts easily.  I did this in a thick dark blue glass coffee mug.  I mixed about 1/3 of a cup of epsom salt in the warm water and conducted my experiment with the coil in the cup.  The coil was around an aluminum tube, no core.  a 9v battery was used for my experiment.  The water temp was never hot at any time. At one point, just messing around I had a neo in the coil.  I removed the coil when finished.   I left the cup on my work table after I was done.  3 days later I went to clean up my work area and the cup which was thick glass was visibly warped like it had been heated very hot. That's odd enough but crystals had formed up and out of the cup and formed a path to a magnet laying near the cup.  The salt crystals were wet and the magnet was encased in the crystals, wet under the magnet when I lifted it.  I did get a small shock when I went to clean it up but that's not unusual in my work area, I get static shocks frequently--the climate is very dry.  The  magnet that the crystals formed toward and on was not a strong mag, just a Iron ferrite.

Maybe there is an idea in this or maybe just an oddity.  I thought it was really odd so I figured I should post it just in case.

Interesting, do you have a picture for us?

tak

no, I should have taken a picture. I didn't even think on posting this until after the fact when the wtf factor started to sink in.

it almost sounds like you have magnetic water


verry strange indeed

what is the make up of epson salts ...  and the water .. tap water city water bottoled water??

strange ....    are the crystals electrified still ?  also try a magnet on them perhaps you can push electricty out of the crystals ... with the use of a magnet .......

ist!!

From Wikipedia;

Properties

Magnesium sulfate is the primary substance that causes the absorption of sound in seawater.[1] Absorption, in this case, means the conversion of acoustic energy to heat energy.

Maybe your coil and magnet caused just the right frequency in the water for this to happen.

Vince.

Maybe worth trying to replicate the experiment with steam-distilled water next time. Just to rule out any impurities in the water making a difference to the results?