IT is a consequence of Faraday‘s law of electromagnetic induction that when a large body of water moves in the presence of the earth‘s magnetic field, an electromotive force is set up across the ...

Lenz’s Law is one of those physics tricks that look like magic if you don’t understand what’s happening. [Seth Robinson] was inspired by the way eddy currents cause a cylindrical neodymium magnet to ...

A magnet sliding down a copper ramp is slowed by magnetic fields from eddy currents induced in the tube. A magnet sliding down a Plexiglas ramp is unaffected. A magnet sliding down a brass ramp goes ...

A magnet falling down a copper tube is slowed by magnetic fields from eddy currents induced in the tube. A magnet falling down a glass tube is unaffected. Set up lab stands, each with a 3-finger clamp ...