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Offline Gargamel

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Impossible to bend water with a magnet? You can with a charged stick...
« on: August 26, 2009, 02:44:56 PM »
Hello

I know the explanation of why water can be bend with a charged stick (water is polar).

I have tryed to use a small magnet to bend the water as well, but nothing happened.

Is it just because the magnet i have used is too weak? Or is there another explanation?

Can someone help me out here.

Thx for reading
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Offline renge ishyo

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Re: Impossible to bend water with a magnet? You can with a charged stick...
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2009, 04:03:37 PM »
Yeah, the magnet is too weak. Even a small amount of static electrical charge built up on the stick is much much stronger than the magnetic effect from a simple bar magnet and so the water will move more readily from the electrical stick.
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Re: Impossible to bend water with a magnet? You can with a charged stick...
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2009, 02:18:17 AM »
If you're interested, you can check out Magnetohydrodynamics
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