Magnet applications on the topic Experiment

Perfect for physics lessons or technologically inclined hobbyists: You can find astonishing experiments with strong magnets here: eddy-current brakes, simple motors, induction, levitation, etc.

78 Magnet applications

Magnetic pendulum

An extremely fidgety pendulum - no match for nervous people!

Pim van Steijn und Ewoud Kroeze, Zwolle (NL), 03/10/2008

D.I.Y. shake torch

This torch keeps its promise - without battery

Markus Protze, Cursdorf (DE), 19/09/2008

Rotating sphere magnets

Two magnetic spheres influence each other through the table top

Riccardo Moschetti (IT), 19/09/2008

Marble cannon

A simple experiment with a striking effect

Rien Wesselink, Enschede (NL), 11/09/2008

Collecting iron powder on the beach

A method for iron extraction for beach inhabitants

Elena Ricci / Giovanni Casu (IT), 25/07/2008

Villain with Gigahertz

A magnetic field measurement on your own laptop reveals amazing things...

Guy Birrer (CH), 08/07/2008

Magnetic data storage model experiment

How does magnetic data storage work?

Bernd Heepmann (DE), 03/07/2008

Magnetic Sphere Lacks Momentum

This magnetic sphere lags behind the normal phere

Jean-Philippe Jay (FR), 27/06/2008

Levitation with Bismuth

Floating magnets - thanks to diamagnetism

Carlos Barrús, Madrid (ES), 03/06/2008

Serial connection of batteries

Thanks to the conductivity of super magnets!

Federico Filoni, Manno (CH), 24/05/2008

Aluminum Foil as Contact-Free Parachute

Induction experiment with simple material

Michael Kratz, Hamburg (DE), 09/05/2008

Exercise Bike Generator

Producing electricity with your own muscular strength - very informative!

Drs. ing. P. Dingemans (NL), 29/04/2008

Rotop: A magnetically controlled Spinning Top

This spinning top acts out of the norm

Prof. Ioan Grosu, Iasi (RO), 24/03/2008

The Launching Pad

This can catapult a marble for meters!

Gilles Charles, Orléans (FR), 11/03/2008

Bet on a Rolling Ball

How to win bets with the help of super magnets

Eugen Keller, Erbach (DE), 06/03/2008

Levitation with magnetic cubes

How to make a little graphite disk float

José Luis Leon, Fuengirola (ES), 06/03/2008

Diamagnetic water

Water displacement through diamagnetism – did Moses know about this?

Thomas S., Eppertshausen (DE), 03/01/2008

The World's Simplest Electric Motor

Four simple objects make a small motor

supermagnete, Uster (CH), 11/11/2007