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Levitation with Bismuth

Floating magnets - thanks to diamagnetism
Author: Carlos Barrús, Madrid, Spain
Online since: 03/06/2008, Number of visits: 450115
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With the help of the diamagnetic character of the metal "Bismuth" you can cause a magnet to levitate without any electronics.
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Levitation with small magnets

For this experiment I used two disc magnets S-03-01-N, which I positioned between two pieces of bismuth.
To work a little against gravity, I placed two W-05-N50-G cube magnets above the pieces of bismuth.
The hangar is made of a copper wire which was bent to the proper height by "trial and error".
And look: There you have a levitating magnet, without any complicated electronics!

Levitation with large magnets

Our customer Robin L. also built something to make magnets levitate between self-cast bismuth blocks. But he was thinking in larger dimensions. He attached a DEATH MAGNET on top to let the magnets levitate, which are:
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S-03-01-N
S-03-01-N
Disc magnet Ø 3 mm, height 1 mm, holds approx. 190 g, neodymium, N48, nickel-plated
S-03-01-N
20 pcs. 0,25 EUR ea.*
from 60 pcs. 0,20 EUR ea.*
from 140 pcs. 0,18 EUR ea.*
from 360 pcs. 0,15 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 1 300 pcs.
Available: 542 120 pcs.
W-05-N50-G
W-05-N50-G
Cube magnet 5 mm, holds approx. 1,2 kg, neodymium, N50, gold-plated
W-05-N50-G
10 pcs. 0,50 EUR ea.*
from 40 pcs. 0,41 EUR ea.*
from 80 pcs. 0,38 EUR ea.*
from 160 pcs. 0,34 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 850 pcs.
Available: 6 920 pcs.
Bestseller icon Q-51-51-25-N
Death Magnet
Block magnet 50,8 x 50,8 x 25,4 mm, holds approx. 100 kg, neodymium, N40, nickel-plated
Bestseller icon Q-51-51-25-N
1 pc. 67,52 EUR ea.*
from 3 pcs. 61,18 EUR ea.*
from 10 pcs. 55,51 EUR ea.*
from 20 pcs. 52,76 EUR ea.*
from 40 pcs. 50,32 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 80 pcs.
Available: 1 830 pcs.
K-13-C
K-13-C
Sphere magnet Ø 12,7 mm, holds approx. 2,4 kg, neodymium, N42, chrome-plated
K-13-C
1 pc. 3,14 EUR ea.*
from 3 pcs. 2,79 EUR ea.*
from 10 pcs. 2,48 EUR ea.*
from 20 pcs. 2,32 EUR ea.*
from 40 pcs. 2,19 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 500 pcs.
Available: 3 115 pcs.
Bestseller icon R-27-16-05-N
R-27-16-05-N
Ring magnet Ø 26,75/16 mm, height 5 mm, holds approx. 11 kg, neodymium, N42, nickel-plated
Bestseller icon R-27-16-05-N
1 pc. 3,96 EUR ea.*
from 3 pcs. 3,48 EUR ea.*
from 10 pcs. 3,06 EUR ea.*
from 20 pcs. 2,85 EUR ea.*
from 40 pcs. 2,67 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 280 pcs.
Available: 28 150 pcs.
W-05-N50-N
W-05-N50-N
Cube magnet 5 mm, holds approx. 1,2 kg, neodymium, N50, nickel-plated
W-05-N50-N
10 pcs. 0,50 EUR ea.*
from 40 pcs. 0,41 EUR ea.*
from 80 pcs. 0,38 EUR ea.*
from 160 pcs. 0,34 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 800 pcs.
Available: 23 690 pcs.
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