Plasma is attracted to an electric field, which is caused by a MOVING magnetic field. The flame here is repelled from the magnet because the magnet obstructs the rising air caused by the heat of the flame. The unobstructed side with flow has a lower pressure (Bernoulli's principle) so it sucks the flame towards it.
OK : "Oxygen in the air is attracted to a magnet. Inside a candle flame the oxygen has been removed by the very chemical reaction that made the flame glow.
So the magnet pulls oxygen in the air next to its poles, => the oxygen free candle flame away from the poles. The candle flame is attracted since the candle flame accelerates upward. Speed goes up => low pressure next to the surface. Atmospheric pressure then pushes the flame toward the lower pressure near the surface."
Candle fire causes an updraft of air surrounding the flame envelope. Any similarly shaped solid object brought to the same location relative to the flame should impact the flame in the same way. The only exception would be an air nozzle or an object which introduces an electric current. Just my guess. To eliminate bio-electric effects, try holding the object to the flame using a non-conductor.
flame is a partly ionized gas aka plasma->there are ions and free electrons floating through the flame here and there->ions and free electrons are charged particles->moving charged particles create electric field->electric field always interact with magnetic field->flame interacts with magnetic field
Crazy! In my experience flames love magnets. ...but maybe that's because we sell magnetic lighters :-)
LighterMate 4 weeks ago
the air around the flame is having 2 go around the magnet moving the flame as it needs air to continue burning it draws it in from every direction
R0ckcLaw 2 months ago
Plasma is attracted to an electric field, which is caused by a MOVING magnetic field. The flame here is repelled from the magnet because the magnet obstructs the rising air caused by the heat of the flame. The unobstructed side with flow has a lower pressure (Bernoulli's principle) so it sucks the flame towards it.
cdoftx 5 months ago
OK : "Oxygen in the air is attracted to a magnet. Inside a candle flame the oxygen has been removed by the very chemical reaction that made the flame glow.
So the magnet pulls oxygen in the air next to its poles, => the oxygen free candle flame away from the poles. The candle flame is attracted since the candle flame accelerates upward. Speed goes up => low pressure next to the surface. Atmospheric pressure then pushes the flame toward the lower pressure near the surface."
Newtoon 7 months ago
flame is plasma? o.O u are drunk
gatto012 7 months ago
Candle fire causes an updraft of air surrounding the flame envelope. Any similarly shaped solid object brought to the same location relative to the flame should impact the flame in the same way. The only exception would be an air nozzle or an object which introduces an electric current. Just my guess. To eliminate bio-electric effects, try holding the object to the flame using a non-conductor.
jw934 11 months ago
Yeah flames are essentially plasma and so are affected by magnetic fields.
aquateeno 1 year ago
@aquateeno My explanation (that I read elsewhere by the way) is much simpler and ... there 's Occam's Razor on my side then ;-)
Newtoon 1 year ago
@aquateeno Not very convincingly( Shouldn't be plasma attracted to the magnet?
GingleGangle1 10 months ago
flame is a partly ionized gas aka plasma->there are ions and free electrons floating through the flame here and there->ions and free electrons are charged particles->moving charged particles create electric field->electric field always interact with magnetic field->flame interacts with magnetic field
ActiveStorage 2 years ago 7
I just tried the experiment with an object (a knife, vertical) and it does not have the same effect at all.
Sorry.
Newtoon 2 years ago
flame does this to anything that gets close enough to it. even your finger. i do it all the time
crisismike 2 years ago
@crisismike A magnet does far much I guess.
Newtoon 1 year ago