The Physics Teacher, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 74–75, February 2003
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More Diamagnetism Demonstrations
Chris Conery
Broomfield High School, Broomfield, CO
L. F. Goodrich and T. C. Stauffer
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO
Inspired by, among others, Charles Sawicki's description of an inexpensive diamagnetic levitation apparatus,1 we built two such devices for classroom use and for educational outreach at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colo. With a slightly different setup, the same demonstration can be done horizontally on an overhead projector.
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