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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.

Superconducting levitation — Actual application image
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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

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