Eddy current brake in Cu pipe (normal, cut)

Experiment no.: 6.4.4201
Wirbel­strom­bremsung in Cu-Rohr (normal, geschlitzt)
A magnet is dropped into a normal copper pipe and into a copper pipe that has been cut lengthwise. As eddy currents can arise in the normal copper pipe, the magnet falls through it much more slowly than in the cut copper pipe.

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Falling bar magnet
Falling speed of the magnet
Electrical vortex field
Electrical voltage
Electrical voltage