Levitating highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (animated)

DEC 06 2018

Levitating highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (animated)

An animation of a square of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite floating and drifting above a magnet array. Motion sells the effect in a way a still cannot: the plate can be nudged and it simply stays up. 480x360 GIF.

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