Do supercunductors pull and attract magnets, or vice versa?

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Superconductors repel magnets, a phenomenon that is crucial for applications such as hovershoes. The interaction between superconductors and magnets is characterized by the principle that forces occur in pairs, meaning that while superconductors repel magnets, magnets also exert a force back on superconductors. This mutual interaction is essential for understanding the behavior of superconductors in practical applications.

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I just needed to know for my work-in-progress hovershoes.
 
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Superconductors repel magnets. But forces always come in pairs, so it's not "or vice versa" - it's always and vice versa.
 

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