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I see, I am wondering if you have an resources I could read up on this? I would need to formalise this theory for my lab report.

I did not think of it that way - so it is being decelerated as a result of like poles repelling each other - which would explain why the deceleration increased with current, since the magnetic field inside the solenoid increased? I believe we did observe a difference when swapping the...

Yes, I am wondering why and how the permanent magnet passing through the magnetic field of the solenoid is experiencing a repulsion (thus slowing it's descent time).

This is not a specific homework problem. It is a lack of understanding in theory relating to a lab report I have to write. We (my group and I) wrapped a 40 cm PVC pipe in copper wire (very densely and for almost the entire length), applied a current to it, and dropped a permanent magnet...