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Electromagnetic braking: a simple quantitative model

Yan Levin, Fernando L. da Silveira, Felipe B. Rizzato

physics.class-pharXiv:physics/0603270

Abstract

A calculation is presented which quantitatively accounts for the terminal velocity of a cylindrical magnet falling through a long copper or aluminum pipe. The experiment and the theory are a dramatic illustration of the Faraday's and Lenz's laws and are bound to capture student's attention in any electricity and magnetism course.

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