"Water" Flowing Uphill :: Physishow Uni Bonn

Seemingly, we invert the gravitational law by making liquid flow uphill at the Physikshow of the University of Bonn! The clue is that the liquid is a salt (coppersulfate) and the duct has a magnetic field applied to it, and a current flowing from its one side to the other. Both the current and the magnetic field are orthogonal to each other and to the direction of movement of the liquid!
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[acmmaker]

touch the water:P

[ChrisBclips]

WITCH CRAFT!!

BURN THE WITCH!!!!

[b33p3rz]

@tryingnot read the description, it's a salty solution affected by magnets, the water is actually flowing up, alas, it's electrified, notice the top comment "Touch the water :P"

[theROBLOXboy2]

It works like a railgun!

[tryingnot]

the water is flowing down hill it is the elctro magnets on the side of the trough that are pulling the balls against the flow of the water.

[headchip26]

anyone else notice that the litttle balls hes throwing in seem to dassapear once they drop off the end?

[gibbo1112]

i would have said if you have a ratcheted surface heated to the leidenfrost temp of water is how it worked but ok...

[stick4000]

thats werad

[Shaddra666]

@GrumpSkull hahaha nice, i give this comment a 10 outta 10 :)

[xDizziGamerz]

I think it was the Incans that first discovered this... that when you get a perfect angle water flows upwards

[GrumpSkull]

The entire building was built on a tilt to create this stunt.

[pluessy]

Yeah it's something about the magnetic and electric force being put through the water molecules which creates a magnetism going up the angle.

Something like that anyway