My dad used to work for the electric company and told me a story about using AC through a coil to throw a rod with a good deal of force. With AC, you can't know which way the rod will shoot, so I guess this demo (always shooting the ring upward) is using DC. I'm just wondering if since the magnetic field from the electromagnet is circular (through the inside, around the outside, and back to the inside) a coil, rod, or ball on the inside of the electromagnet would shoot down, given no barrier.
@frodomoses nah, it is AC current, the force generated is proportional to the rate of change of current, since the current is constantly changing in a AC circuit, 50/60 Hz, then thats what provides the induced current in the ring, and an opposing magnetic field. im pretty sure with AC you can tell which direction the ring will shoot.
@gregoriousamadeus The induced current in the ring will appear in order to contradict the field which created it (Lenz's law).
So the ring will always shoot away from the rod as it's field will always be the contrary of the one created in the rod, so they'll always repel each other
now to weaponize it
WontonSandwich 3 months ago
so if we pumped nitogen into tubes under the roads and placed magnets under our vehicles we could float
71296105195 5 months ago
freeze all your warts off yet?
jordanbaker424 10 months ago
hey how much force did you send into it and how long are there from one red line to an other ?
patrikLJ42 1 year ago
I never realized how much rho for a material changes. That is some serious change in force and induced field. Was AC driving a coil under the ring?
BlakeMason2 2 years ago
My dad used to work for the electric company and told me a story about using AC through a coil to throw a rod with a good deal of force. With AC, you can't know which way the rod will shoot, so I guess this demo (always shooting the ring upward) is using DC. I'm just wondering if since the magnetic field from the electromagnet is circular (through the inside, around the outside, and back to the inside) a coil, rod, or ball on the inside of the electromagnet would shoot down, given no barrier.
frodomoses 2 years ago
@frodomoses nah, it is AC current, the force generated is proportional to the rate of change of current, since the current is constantly changing in a AC circuit, 50/60 Hz, then thats what provides the induced current in the ring, and an opposing magnetic field. im pretty sure with AC you can tell which direction the ring will shoot.
gregoriousamadeus 2 months ago
@gregoriousamadeus The induced current in the ring will appear in order to contradict the field which created it (Lenz's law).
So the ring will always shoot away from the rod as it's field will always be the contrary of the one created in the rod, so they'll always repel each other
Whatevr089 1 month ago