Sunday 2 February 2014

Here Is What Happens When A Magnet Is Dropped Through A Copper Pipe [W/VIDEO]

When a magnet is dropped down a conducting copper pipe, it feels a resistive force (assuming that magnets have feelings). The falling magnet induces a current in the copper pipe and, by Lenz’s Law, the current creates a magnetic field that opposes the changing field of the falling magnet. Thus, the magnet is “repelled” and falls more slowly. Knowledge = Power.


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