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Dropping a Magnet Through a Copper Pipe

Started by Recusant, December 21, 2011, 03:03:34 AM

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Recusant

Nothing groundbreaking at all, but still a cool little video illustrating eddy current braking.

"Copper Pipe Magnet"

This reminded me of the ferrofluid electromagnetic sculptures of Sachiko Kodama & Minako Takeno.

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Tank

I remember seeing a demo of eddy currents at the Science Museum when I was a kid. One dropped a coin down a slot with some very powerful horse shoe magnets and coins slowed down as they passed through the magnets.
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Too Few Lions

those ferrofluid sculptures are amazing, thanks for the links Recusant