Levitation with Bismuth

Floating magnets - thanks to diamagnetism

Author: Carlos Barrús, Madrid, Spain

Online since: 03/06/2008, Number of visits: 503563

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:

Note from the supermagnete team: There are also other customer projects that deal with levitation:

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Articles used

S-03-01-N
Disc magnet Ø 3 mm, height 1 mm, holds approx. 190 g, neodymium, N48, nickel-plated

20 pcs. 0,22 EUR ea.*

from 60 pcs. 0,19 EUR ea.*

from 140 pcs. 0,17 EUR ea.*

from 360 pcs. 0,15 EUR ea.*

Ask for a rebate from 1 100 pcs.

Available: 10 320 pcs.

W-05-N50-G
Cube magnet 5 mm, holds approx. 1,2 kg, neodymium, N50, gold-plated

10 pcs. 0,48 EUR ea.*

from 40 pcs. 0,40 EUR ea.*

from 80 pcs. 0,36 EUR ea.*

from 160 pcs. 0,33 EUR ea.*

Ask for a rebate from 850 pcs.

Available: 7 350 pcs.

Death Magnet
Block magnet 50,8 x 50,8 x 25,4 mm, holds approx. 100 kg, neodymium, N40, nickel-plated

1 pc. 69,22 EUR ea.*

from 3 pcs. 62,72 EUR ea.*

from 10 pcs. 56,91 EUR ea.*

from 20 pcs. 54,09 EUR ea.*

from 40 pcs. 51,59 EUR ea.*

Ask for a rebate from 80 pcs.

Delivery time under review

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K-13-C
Sphere magnet Ø 12,7 mm, holds approx. 2,4 kg, neodymium, N42, chrome-plated

1 pc. 3,05 EUR ea.*

from 3 pcs. 2,68 EUR ea.*

from 10 pcs. 2,35 EUR ea.*

from 20 pcs. 2,19 EUR ea.*

from 40 pcs. 2,05 EUR ea.*

Ask for a rebate from 280 pcs.

Available: 829 pcs.

R-27-16-05-N
Ring magnet Ø 26,75/16 mm, height 5 mm, holds approx. 11 kg, neodymium, N42, nickel-plated

1 pc. 3,87 EUR ea.*

from 3 pcs. 3,44 EUR ea.*

from 10 pcs. 3,03 EUR ea.*

from 20 pcs. 2,83 EUR ea.*

from 40 pcs. 2,64 EUR ea.*

Ask for a rebate from 120 pcs.

Delivery time under review

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W-05-N50-N
Cube magnet 5 mm, holds approx. 1,2 kg, neodymium, N50, nickel-plated

10 pcs. 0,47 EUR ea.*

from 40 pcs. 0,39 EUR ea.*

from 80 pcs. 0,35 EUR ea.*

from 160 pcs. 0,32 EUR ea.*

Ask for a rebate from 750 pcs.

Available: 480 pcs.

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