Room temperature levitating magnet

[neoraven223]

love the music and the experiment is pretty awesome.

[MegaSnork]

fake!



[datlildodge]

@MegaSnork real BITCH.

[dentacar]

@MegaSnork lol tard

[leonidhaimov]

Cool!

[Peckishas]

UBER KEWL!!!!! I'm planning about making one too! just ordered neodymium magnets, now need to get bismuth...

[Peckishas]

By the way, how much ~+- of bismuth do I need? (Kilos/Lbs/Pounds/Grams/whatev­er)

[koolkray757]

does anybody know how to make a levitation device out of ordinary houshold items like metal, magnets, etc. ? if so, please mail me. thx, and by the way, AWESOME VIDEO!!!

[NJBC8thgradeboys]

Ill try to make one then post a vid of it for you,

[DignifiedKiller]

I need help to do this for MY science fair! Please help me :). This video is 10/5, really awesome!!!

[OneScribe]

Try using pyrolytic graphite. Very high diamegnetic properties. Maybe an alloy of Bismuth can become a Superdiamagnetic material the way Neodymium and Boron added to Iron make it into a Supermagnet?

[adamzampino]

This video uses a diamagnetic material (bismuth) and a magnet. It is not a superconductor, and does not require special cold temperatures to function. However, bismuth and other regular similar materials do not have the same levels of diamagnetism, and therefore are not as useful to levitation, etc.

[1PICK3]

send me a message on how to make one of those

[wellwellwellhello]

can u do it with vibrations or frequencies?

[dsmite]

boards track to go with it nice

[fivefoflow]

I remember seeing a video on here about levitating a train on a track and that it couldn't be done at room temperature, but instead it had to be really cold. They only had magnets below the little car thing, but what if they had them both above and below?

[0VladalV0]

Is there a special distance between the bismuth and the magnet?

[wli224]

Yes, the distance is when all forces acting on the magnet are equal. There is a large stack of ring magnets above (out of view from the camera). The trick is to adjust the stack of ring magnets above to a height which provides just enough attractive force to counter-act gravity acting on the little magnet, while the repulsive force from the bismuth plates keeps it hovering.

[0VladalV0]

Does the thickness of the bismuth matter?

[wli224]

It shouldn't matter too much, although thicker bismuth might make the system a little more stable.

[0VladalV0]

does the thickness of te bismuth matter?

[SadisticAlucard]

Cool ^^

[Raghav91]

nice...

[Jemfl]

sweet =)

[Jemfl]

sweet