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Andy takes a closer look at one of his favourite demos from the 2012 Christmas Lectures, bringing together a levitating superconductor and a bewildering Möbius strip made from over 2,000 magnets.
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As his super-conducting boat whizzes along the track, Andy demonstrates the remarkable properties of the superconducting material (Yttrium barium copper oxide) which allows it to seemingly float both above and below the track.
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Where did you get the superconductor and magnets from?
Hey hi
Can you tell me, where did you buy these magnets from because I'm doing some project on it and I'm finding these powerful magnets
Can you please send the link or comment it.
I’m sure you can change the world for the better
Is the only friction here air? If you did this in a vacuum how long would it go for
Yes,and the mitochondria converts aTp to energy
#maglevproperties
#energeticmaterials
#compositematerials
I got one of these for Physics Christmas as a wee lad..
is that superconductor name YBCO? (2YBa2Cu3O7−x)
So basically what this comes down to is,.. the next ice age, (which will be soon) we will all have free energy!!
I don't like this, because I've already watched this.
graphene is a superconductor, and it creates magnetic fields when hydrogen is poured onto it
I love this channel, but the intro is way too loud.
Looks like a transportation dream come true.
You should have sealed the nitrogen chamber and forced the nitrogen gas through a nozzle to provide jet propulsion.
What other interesting things can you do with a room temperature superconductor, besides wiring?
Holy shit this was way too long
Hot wheels on steroids!
So… what you are saying is all we need is roads made of neodymium and petrol stations that sell liquid nitrogen and we have flying cars?
So weird, because cold is normal. These things function perfectly in a normal environment. However, humans require huge amounts of heat to survive, which causes them to stop functioning.
what about dry ice and alcohol
expensive toy for idiots