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If a coil might change the net magnetic field, would a hot plate or boiling water under the magnet work?

The purpose and thought process behind my EE was to focus on maglev trains and how they float exactly. By recreating the setup of a cooled superconductor on a magnet, I wanted to determine how varying temperatures inside the engine would affect how well they levitate. I'm using liquid nitrogen...

I'm trying to determine how changing the temperature of the magnet in my setup would affect how much force it can levitate the superconductor

I'm going to avoid demagnetizing the magnet by not heating the temperature up to 80 degrees or so. I'm probably going to heat it up until 50 or 60 degrees in increments of 10. If I'm trying to determine how temperature affects the magnet which in turn affects how well the superconductor can...

Hi I'm doing my extended essay (like a research paper) for the IB and I'm having a bit of trouble with my setup and data process. The plan for my experiment goes something like this: I have a magnet wrapped in wire strapped to a battery and a superconductor in liquid nitrogen. After levitating...

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So if I place an iron, nickel, copper, wood, and other sheets above the magnets and cover the superconductor with the same then it would move at different speeds when pushed at with constant force?

I'm currently doing an experiment with magnetic levitation but I don't know if my independent variable will even affect my results at all. I am planning on building a rail of magnets and levitating a type 2 superconductor on it. I wanted to change the material surrounding the rail of magnets...