Superconducting Magnetic Levitation (MagLev) on a Magnetic Track
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Uploaded by IthacaCollegePhysics on Jul 31, 2009
As featured on the Nov. 9 2011episode of the Colbert Report!
From the Low Temperature Lab: A flux-pinning enhanced superconducting puck levitates above and is pinned to a magnetic figure-8 track. This demonstrates the quantum physical effect of superconductivity and the Meissner Effect as well as magnetic flux pinning. The puck is accelerated using the motors from a toy car track set. See more at our website: http://www.ithaca.edu/hs/depts/physics/facstaff/mcsullivan/ and our paper here: http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.3090
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NOOOOOO
1 month ago 41
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make one with part of the track upside down!
1 month ago 5
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Haha
NOOOOOO! Lol
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Kill the oil industri!.. magnetic:)
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take away the motor and try to figure out how to make it not loose energy between the joints, or can you have one long magnet with no joints
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hotwheels
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LOL 1:07
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MOM! I want a Superconducting Magnetic train for christmas!
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WipeOut
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a smarter thing to say is its a cool floating magnet.
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how much did this cost?
9144386 1 month ago
@9144386 The costs are listed in our paper, linked in the description. The only problem is the cheap superconductors we used are no longer accessible.
IthacaCollegePhysics 1 month ago
@IthacaCollegePhysics Please don't be so cryptic, what happened to the cheap superconductors?
skdkskdk 4 weeks ago
@skdkskdk The company stopped making them; I don't know why. The only place I can find now is a place in Germany that sells them for about $700 each.
IthacaCollegePhysics 4 weeks ago
@IthacaCollegePhysics
And can You tell me how much did it cost before 'some place in Germany' sell it for $700 now ?
DeadlyRudy 3 weeks ago
@DeadlyRudy The costs are all in the paper linked in the description. We bought our superconductor for $125 from SCI Engineered Materials. The company in Germany that makes them now is called Evico.
IthacaCollegePhysics 3 weeks ago