
Spheres in a circle
An entertaining chain reaction with magnets and steel spheres
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Method:
- Invert the plate and place it inside the bowl.
- Stick two steel spheres each to one sphere magnet (see picture).
- Arrange six of these trios evenly around the plate. The magnets must always point in the same direction.
- Let the last remaining steel sphere snap onto one of the sphere magnets from the right.
- Marvel at the chain reaction! (see video below)
Note from the supermagnete team: The Gauss cannon
is a similar experiment.