Strong magnet and was standing in metal shoes

[Slimjimjohnso]

If I had a strong magnet and was standing in metal shoes that were welded to a metal trashcan lid, could I levitate myself with said magnet?

 

[Curl]

rofl no.

Holding the magnet will pull you down just as hard as the trashcan is pulling you up. Study classical mechanics, more specifically Newton's third law.

 

[cragar]

If you had a really strong B field you could levitate your body , Because water is pretty diamagnetic.


This shows a frog being levitated

 

[russ_watters]

rofl no.

Holding the magnet will pull you down just as hard as the trashcan is pulling you up. Study classical mechanics, more specifically Newton's third law.

I think the OP means levitating above the magnet...

 

[Mu naught]

i have no idea what the set up is he's trying to describe but I'm pretty sure it won't work.

 

[Sixdeuce062]

well yes and no if u had had a strong enough magnetic force ( magnet, eletromagnet, etc) and calculated you total wieght ( lol levitational apparattus inculded) and the magnetic force was immoble and account for the force to get you to the desired levitational height ( and you could some how balence your on your lids good luck ) yes it is possible but i wouldn't try it sounds dangerous the way u descirbe but its the same theory with maglev trains

 

[marcusl]

Mount the magnet above you on the roof, climb into your iron shoes, and yes you could levitate--upside down and with a clang as your trash can hits the magnet. Salvage yards pick up scrap metal with giant magnets mounted on cranes.

 

[Bob S]

I once crawled into a very large magnet (old cyclotron magnet, vertical gap ~80 cm, poletip diameter ~ 4 m, field 1.5 Tesla), and my steel-tip safety shoes stuck to the lower pole piece. I was immobilized until I took the shoes off.

Bob S