Eddy current brake in Cu pipe (cooled, uncooled)

Experiment no.: 6.4.4202
Wirbel­strom­bremsung in Cu-Rohr (gekühlt, ungekühlt)
A magnet is dropped in an uncooled and a cooled copper pipe. Since the resistance in the cooled copper pipe is lower than in the uncooled pipe, stronger eddy currents arise there. As a result, the magnet falls there much more slowly than in the uncooled copper pipe.

Caution: Experiment with LN2 (eye damage and cold injuries possible)!
Personal protective equipment necessary!

📄 Detailed experiment description

Images for this experiment

Pipes before cooling down
Pipes after cooling down
Before dropping
After dropping

Documents for this experiment

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