Demonstration of Lenz's law: Analysis of a magnet falling through a conducting tube

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 728-730

  Roy, M K ^a   Harbola, Manoj K ^a   Verma, H C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

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EID: 34548262594     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2744047     Document Type: Article

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