Mass of a permanent magnet levitating a superconductor?

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The discussion centers on the levitation of a superconductor using a permanent magnet, specifically through the Meissner Effect. When lifting the permanent magnet, one would be lifting the combined mass of both the permanent magnet and the superconductor. The conversation also suggests practical experimentation using pyrolytic graphite and magnets to observe levitation phenomena firsthand.

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If you were to levitate a superconductor using a permanent magnet due to the effects of the Messiner Effect, and you were then to lift the permanent magnet with your own hands, would you be lifting the mass of the permanent magnet, the mass of the permanent magnet + the mass of the superconductor, or something completely different? Thanks
 
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Of course the mass of both. This leaves only open the question why you ask this in the quantum physics forum.
You could try this out yourself getting some sheet of pyrolytic graphite and some magnets. The pyrolytic graphite will also show levitation.
 

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