Physics
Superconducting levitation
Compare ideal Meissner repulsion with an optional field-cooled pinning well. Disturb a levitating magnet and warm the sample through its critical temperature.

Try this
Click the magnet to push. Warm above 92 K, then cool again.
Equations used in the module
Equations Fimage = [1 − (T/Tc)^4] 3μ0 m²/(32π z⁴), T < Tc M z″ = Fimage − Mg − kpin(z − zfrozen) − b z′ M x″ = −kpin(x − xfrozen) − b x′ Above Tc: image force and pinning vanish


