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Re: Whoosh!

"Only if there were no mechanical coupling between the panels. Both of the pseudo mag-lev systems I'm aware of employ mechanical coupling as a consequence of Earnshaw."

Yes, that is true. I was speaking strictly of the magnets themselves, without the necessary stablization mechanism.


"Now if we could develop a material that's highly diamagnetic, we could have true mag-lev and eliminate all mechanical coupling. At least for static systems. Currently the most highly diamagnetic materials (namely graphite and bismuth) are too weak to be of any use as a component support."

Someday....maybe....in a galaxy far far away....

Appreciate your vigilance for the truth. Keep it up....

Kuribo


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  • Re: Whoosh! - kuribo 23:08:43 04/04/02 (1)


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