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    What makes this work upside down?
    FT.

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    Faraday's and Lenz's laws apply.

    Same as the science class eddy-current demo where a magnet falls down or slides along a non-magnetic conductor very slowly due to induced currents creating magnetic fields which interact, but with a resistivity of zero instead of falling slowly it doesn't fall at all. Probably a type II superconductor; higher transition temperature = stronger currents = stronger fields = it 'sticks' upside-down.

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    Last edited by Dr Mordrid; 30 November 2009, 08:12.
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    • #3
      Now I can't wait until they have super conductive roller coasters
      “Inside every sane person there’s a madman struggling to get out”
      –The Light Fantastic, Terry Pratchett

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      • #4
        such roller coasters look to be pretty cold to ride in :P
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        • #5
          Originally posted by Tjalfe View Post
          such roller coasters look to be pretty cold to ride in :P

          Lol Tjalfe. Must feel cool too!

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