Do supercunductors pull and attract magnets, or vice versa?

[ForumFire]

I just needed to know for my work-in-progress hovershoes.

 

[Vanadium 50]

Superconductors repel magnets. But forces always come in pairs, so it's not "or vice versa" - it's always and vice versa.

 

[astrokreng]

I can provide an explanation for the phenomenon of superconductors and their interaction with magnets. Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity with zero resistance at very low temperatures. When a superconductor is placed near a magnet, it can produce a strong magnetic field that can either repel or attract the magnet, depending on the orientation of the two objects.

In the case of hovershoes, which use superconductors to levitate above the ground, the superconductor creates a magnetic field that interacts with the magnetic field of the Earth. This interaction causes the hovershoes to either repel or attract the Earth's magnetic field, allowing them to hover above the ground.

So, to answer the question, both superconductors and magnets can exert a force on each other, depending on their relative orientations. It is not accurate to say that one pulls or attracts the other, as the interaction is a result of the magnetic fields they both produce. I hope this explanation helps with your work-in-progress hovershoes.