I'm looking for a very strong small magnet. Any magnet experts out there?

Question

magnet should be no more than 1" in diameter

Answer 1

there are some companies that make some very strong magnets, what are you going to use it for?

Answer 2

Go Here:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/770f/

The Strongest Permanent Magnets Ever Manufactured!

Set Of Eighty-Seven Neodymium Rare Earth Magnets

These Curiously Strong magnets have amazing strength in a very small size. Five to fifteen times the strength of common fridge magnets, these magnets can lift 400 times their own weight in steel. Their power will astonish you. This type of magnet is generally used in expensive electronic equipment such as computer hard drives, cell phones and loudspeakers. Now you can own some without ripping apart that old hard drive you used in college.

Each set contains 87 grade 40 neodymium-iron-boron rare-earth permanent magnets plated in nickel. That's a whole bunch of fun. Various sized magnets (close-up here) are included. Your set will arrive in a specially packaged cylinder designed to help the magnets travel safely.

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These magnets are very strong and should be handled with care. Small children should not handle these magnets. Older children should be supervised at all times when handling these magnets. These magnets should not be ingested. If the magnets are allowed to snap together or against steel, they will chip and crack. You should keep them at least six to twelve inches away from computer hard drives, credit cards, computer monitors, and other susceptible electronic equipment. Individuals with pacemakers and other internal medical devices should not handle or come within close proximity of strong magnets. These magnets are safe for air transport as packaged but as a general rule they should be kept off airplanes.

Answer 3

Rare earth magnets such as the Neodymium magnet (like those used in hard disk drives) are especially strong. Try looking it up on Google and I'm sure you will find many sites selling them in various sizes.

Note: Be careful when handling these magnets, they shatter very easily because of high velocity at which they travel when attracted to metal or another magnet!

Answer 4

Earth magnets are incredibly strong. I'd do a search engine check to find out where you can purchase them.

Answer 5

Check Edmund's Scientific - should be online

Answer 6

here ya go
http://www.magnetsales.com/Neo/Neoprops.htm#Physical

Answer 7

go to e-bay.