Name: Levitating Foil

Category: Electricity and Magnetism

Subcategory: Magnetic Fields and Forces

Classes: PHYS 102/106, PHYS 309

Comments:

Horseshoe magnets are arranged in a line over a strip of aluminum foil. A DC current is run through the foil and the foil is lifted off the table by the force of the interactive fields.

Equipment:

Horseshoe magnets
DC power supply
Aluminum foil

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