Levitation with Bismuth

Floating magnets - thanks to diamagnetism

Author: Carlos Barrús, Madrid, Spain

Online since: 03/06/2008, Number of visits: 395181

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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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 , Neodymium, N48, nickel-plated

	20 pcs.	0,24 EUR ea.*
from	60 pcs.	0,20 EUR ea.*
from	140 pcs.	0,17 EUR ea.*
from	360 pcs.	0,15 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 1 400 pcs.

Available: 44 860 pcs.

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

	10 pcs.	0,46 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,38 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,34 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,31 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 900 pcs.

Available: 2 160 pcs.

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

	1 pc.	59,87 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	53,31 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	47,45 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 20 pcs.

Available: 48 pcs.

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

	1 pc.	2,77 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	2,47 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	2,20 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	2,07 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	1,96 EUR ea.*
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R-27-16-05-N
Ring magnet Ø 26,75/16 mm, height 5 mm, holds approx. 11 kg, neodymium, N42, nickel-plated , Neodymium, N42, nickel-plated

	1 pc.	3,28 EUR ea.*
from	3 pcs.	2,88 EUR ea.*
from	10 pcs.	2,52 EUR ea.*
from	20 pcs.	2,35 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	2,19 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 350 pcs.

Available: 16 582 pcs.

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

	10 pcs.	0,49 EUR ea.*
from	40 pcs.	0,40 EUR ea.*
from	80 pcs.	0,37 EUR ea.*
from	160 pcs.	0,33 EUR ea.*
Ask for a rebate from 850 pcs.

Available: 12 090 pcs.

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