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Science: What Happens To A Magnet Dropped Into A Copper Tube? (Video)

Tell you what. Watch this and tell me science isn’t cool. Dare you! What is happening to the magnet? TruthSeekerDaily explains:

When a magnet is dropped down a conducting copper pipe, it feels a resistive force (assuming that magnets have feelings). The falling magnet induces a current in the copper pipe and, by Lenz’s Law, the current creates a magnetic field that opposes the changing field of the falling magnet. Thus, the magnet is “repelled” and falls more slowly.

So, now you know the ‘trick.’ Does knowing make it any less cool? Nope!

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