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3D Magnetic Fields


Pinch Paxton

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I've been looking at iron filing pictures all day, trying to figure out what is pushing/pulling the magnets around, how it works, how photons are supposed to be involved. It's hard to envisage the shape from those iron filings. Anyone know of 3D pictures of the fields? Or a 3D generator of fields.

 

Pincho.

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Well, here is something that you can try.

1.Take a jar, and filll it with vegetable oil

2.Take LOADS of iron filings and put it into the jar.

3.Close the lid of the jar

4.Put two magnets next the the jar,opposite each other, and move them up and down until their magnetic feilds affect the iron filings

5.You should see a good 3d view of a magnetic field lines!

 

I haven't tried it myself though, best the show me the results

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Oh my God! I`ve created a Monster!, someone else that`s beginning to think like me! LOL :)

 

using mineral oil instead of parafin (kerosene) would be a little better as it`s less viscous, and try one magnet to start with, the finer the filings the better the result also :)

 

 

nice one AOM :)

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