Levitation of an iron ball in midair without active control

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 2090-2093

  Sasaki, S ^a   Yagi, I ^b   Muraki, M ^c  

^a Iwate Prefectural Mizusawa High School   (Japan)

^b IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SHIBAURA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMAGNETISM; IRON; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; STABILITY;

DIAMAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; EQUILIBRIUM POSITION; IRON BALL; LEVITATION; NONCONTACT LOAD TRANSPORT DEVICE; REPULSIVE FORCE;

MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 1542276672     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1640788     Document Type: Article

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