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Paper title: DIAMAGNETIC LEVITATION – HISTORICAL MILESTONES
Author(s): GERALD KÜSTLER,
Abstract: Nowadays scientists can easily levitate diamagnetic substances in the powerful field of
a superconducting magnet. Pyrolytic graphite and strong NdFeB permanent magnets
can be bought by every levitation enthusiast for building his own levitation device. But
the way towards this was long. First of all diamagnetism had to be discovered and
investigated in detail. Then the theoretical fundament for diamagnetic levitation had to
be set. And of course suitable technologies had to be developed and tested for practical
demonstrations of diamagnetic levitation. At all it took 161 years from discovery of
diamagnetism to the first practical levitation demonstration. This paper gives an
overview on this historical development and additionally emphasises the most
important achievements from the very beginning up to now.
Keywords: Diamagnetic levitation, Diamagnetics, Magnets. Year: 2007 | Tome: 52 | Issue: 3 | Pp.: 265-282
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