floating a magnet using superconductor

[benhurrrrdurrrr]

3 christians have watched this video

[TheSquirrel1722]

This is so cool and is why I love to read about states of matter :)

[RioXavier]

So how long before I can buy a hovercraft at a car dealership?

[emailanna08]

Huh. weired. so what can be done with this technology? any sugestions

[kobolboy]

CERN uses this property to bend proton beams to collide with eachother in the LHC

[emailanna08]

yeah, i have read about it. :)

[TheRationalPi]

Super conductors are a key component of MRI machines.

[wootwootdudeo]

magnets work better when cold.

[subductionzone]

No, magnets don't work better when cold, superconductors do.

[politiclyinsane]

whats the point of using that liquid stuff. itl run out soon but if you use pyrolytic graphite it will float for ever

[mileysmiley112]

is that cold or hot or dried ice?

[IcePhoenix2]

it's a liquid of a gas at a very low temperature, used to cool the compound down to reach a superconductor state

[TheRationalPi]

It's cold. It's liquid Nitrogen. It's steaming like that for pretty much the same reason dry ice does (it boils below room temperature)

[WORLDREIGN]

Wrap it up in copper and make a light bulb light up... That would be interesting...

[WORLDREIGN]

Why was it "flipping" over and over again... Am I seeing the breakdown of the work function in magnetics? What if this setup were in space, and the magnet could create kenetic energy that could be used for a power source? Perpetuel motion? Strange...

[wyvernlord23]

Ah lovely liquid nitrogen boiling at -196 °C supercooling the metal making it become a superconductor thus repelling the magnet.Classic.And being black I say that was very Black and nerdy.Silly Americans

[jasondubose2007]

it's a ceramic

[rehctelfnaes]

ahhh, wikipedia.

Do you remember when the internet was only a few small tubes?

Pepperridge Farm remembers

[treborsdob]

I once did a similar thing with a rice crispie. ...but then I ate it... :(

[fobulousfl1p]

usc science kids having fun. ha.

[Tomar17]

liquid stuff is liquid air, or liquid nitrogen, cools the metal so it becomes a superconductor

[broken121589]

the liquid stuff is liquid hydrogen i think.

[UrbanExploration]

mostly white and nerdy

[Millionpounds]

isnt tht fake? lol science is weird... like weird al... :D

[derjew]

wow

[TheAmazingTurd]

Can you tell me where to get that stuff to make the experiment myself?

[iflamenko]

here, try these guys:

futurescience dot com/sc.html