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I Have Two Questions About Compact Discs ...?
1. Are they safe ( my CD's / DVD's ) , safe around & or can be around or right next to aluminum cans like soda cans without any negative effects on my CD's from them being to close or right next to each other ? I know not to "spill" anything on them so I don't need any answers related to spillage. Just scientific metal or alloy or negative wave-like related answers please.
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2. I have a tough delivered amazon.com related canary yellow package for which contains a CD where it is overly taped with those tape guns people use to secure the package with. I am wondering if , & naturally when I am really careful to not damage or touch the CD inside the package , can I use scissors close to or right next to or near my CD('s) inside the bag when trying to get the bag open. I need scissors to open the bag & I don'tr know if scissors will have any wave-like negative effects to CD's. I don't know. I don't know if scissors being close to CD's will have any negative wave like effects to the CD's or DVD's in the package.
Please help. Thank you.
2 Answers
- charcindersLv 77 years agoFavorite Answer
I don't know what you think these wave-like negative effects might be. I can tell you that no metal object will damage a CD just by being close to it.
The data on a CD or DVD is stored as microscopic pits in a layer of metal. It is a physical structure. The only way you can damage it is by physical damage like scratching, cracking, melting, etc.
By the way, totally immersing a CD / DVD in water won't damage it at all, as long as you dry it off before you play it!
- 7 years ago
The cans and the scissors will not affect your CD's. When people have trouble with electronic devices not working, such as creditcards, it is because they were put into a magnetic field that affected that objects magnetic or electric field. That's why strong magnets demagnetize credit cards. Also, CD's cannot be affected in this way because they are actually read by a small laser reader that reads imprints in the CD's surface. That's why scratching a CD causes it to skip, you mess up what the laser is reading.
