Recent content by Jon Abel

Sure, whatever. Maybe he'll see it in his email. Either way, I don't see a lot of other current questions or examples about Lenz's Law - so I shared what I've been working with.

But, short of purchasing large tubes of carbon fiber, or titanium alloy - 316 stainless steel is probably your best choice. I am using it to build Tubular Linear Induction Motors for my project.

My wording was incorrect. "poor conductor" is the correct wording - not "non-conductive". You can see below how it compares to aluminum, copper, and gold, etc. Resistivity is calculated as (1 / conductivity). http://eddy-current.com/conductivity-of-metals-sorted-by-resistivity/

If you are trying to avoid the Lenz Force - you might want to try 304 or 316 stainless steel tubes instead of copper. Austentic Stainless Steel is both non-magnetic and non-conductive - at least on paper. You may need to heat treat the SS to 2950 F if you did any threading, bending or...