Imagine It - Eddy current science

A non-magnetic copper plate falling near a magnet can be slowed to a halt in just inches because of something called eddy currents.
When a magnet moves near a conductor, circulating electrical currents (eddy currents) are created in the conductor. These currents create a magnetic field that opposes the field of the original magnet.
The stronger the magnet the greater the effect. A strong magnet dropped inside a non-magnetic conducting pipe like copper or aluminum will fall very slowly.
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This video is awesome. I watched so many tutorials and by this video I finally understood what an eddy current is.

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This was fascinating and really helpful for my physics homework, thank you!

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Awesome explanation of Eddy currents. Cool!!

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Finally understand eddy currents! Got 5 less fingers though but it's worth it!

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Thanks for the explanation

[@OldJoe212]

I've never seen this with flat plates, but I've seen it by dropping a magnet through a copper pipe.

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[@byakko-kun116]

And to say that I have to make this kind of model to represent Eddy current in my class. It seems dangerous to me 😣

[@kiruthigakumar8557]

i thought it is moving slove due to magnetic attraction....isnt it ????

[@Tknh1]

The plate isn't magnetic. It's due to the movement of the plate through a magnet that generates eddy currents on the plate and the currents create it's own magnetic field to oppose and attract the magnets. It starts off by repelling each other then begins to attract each other once the plate is leaving the magnetic field. This is what helps slow it down so quickly.

[@unknownman8832]

It's an application of Lenz's law called eddy current that oppses the change in magnetic flux

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[@guest2007]

copper is diamagnetic (ejected by a magnet), the opposite of copper is iron (ferromagnetic, sucked by a magnet)
source :
'Diamagnetic materials are repelled by a magnetic field; an applied magnetic field creates an induced magnetic field in them in the opposite direction, causing a repulsive force. In contrast, paramagnetic and ferromagnetic materials are attracted by a magnetic field.'
in
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamagnetism

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