A piece of metal melted inside a magnet

#8 - nibbero

Reply0

(01/05/2014)[-]

Can someone explain to me how magnets work?

#9 to #8 - assjaw [OP]

Reply+7

(01/05/2014)[-]

Go here lmgtfy.com/?q=How+magnets+work

#24 to #8 - darknak

Reply0

(01/06/2014)[-]

i'ts actually an electromagnet. powered by electricity

#5 - BubsyB

Reply0

(01/05/2014)[-]

Can someone explain what caused it to melt.

#15 to #5 - cogitoergonom

Reply+7

(01/05/2014)[-]

Whenever metals move in a magnetic field, it causes the electrons in the metal to move which creates an electric current (the induction effect/Eddy currents). The resistance to the current causes heat to generate. So the stronger the magnet, the stronger the electric current, the more heat gets generated, until the metal is hot enough to melt.

#25 to #15 - Dave Cee

Reply0

(01/06/2014)[-]

Sorcery

#23 to #15 - BubsyB

Reply0

(01/06/2014)[-]

Thankyou.

#13 to #5 - anon id: 76dac67b

Reply0

(01/05/2014)[-]

Friction probably

#6 to #5 - assjaw [OP]

Reply0

(01/05/2014)[-]

Heat

#7 to #6 - BubsyB

Reply0

(01/05/2014)[-]

Gee thanks Einstein.

#2 - tranquilizer

Reply+4

(01/05/2014)[-]

fok yiss SCIENCE!

#35 to #2 - anon id: ba2c27e2

Reply0

(01/06/2014)[-]

As an electrical engineer, I hate this

#39 - AbsentMinded

Reply+3

(01/06/2014)[-]

****** thats a soul gem.

#17 - stutterguy

Reply+1

(01/05/2014)[-]

That was a very satisfactory splat.
But it seemed to take a lot longer than in other versions of this.

#18 to #17 - Blitzken

Reply+3

(01/06/2014)[-]

smaller coil = less current

#19 to #18 - stutterguy

Reply+1

(01/06/2014)[-]

Ahh.

#14 - brokenboulevard

Reply+1

(01/05/2014)[-]

When it suddenly dropped I immediately thought of The last exorcism.

Call the priest.

#31 to #14 - arkamedies

Reply+1

(01/06/2014)[-]

how the **** did you make the eye thing do that

#37 to #31 - anon id: 75011d91

Reply0

(01/06/2014)[-]

Like this im guessing Like this im guessing

#32 to #31 - iatedub

Reply0

(01/06/2014)[-]

I have wondered this as well.

Please teach us Brokenboulevard you sexy beast.

#33 to #32 - brokenboulevard

Reply+3

(01/06/2014)[-]

Oh well okay, ;D You put a spoiler before a spoiler, and leave the first one Blank

#41 to #33 - arkamedies

Reply0

(01/06/2014)[-]

nice

#3 - meter

Reply0

(01/05/2014)[-]

no. it's a molten magnet

#4 to #3 - assjaw [OP]

Reply0

(01/05/2014)[-]

Magnets are metals,not all of them,but that one is made of metal.

#11 to #4 - meter

Reply0

(01/05/2014)[-]

yes, but it isn't a piece of metal inside a magnet..

#12 to #4 - truffle

-8

has deleted their comment [-]

#20 to #12 - Maliwal

Reply+3

(01/06/2014)[-]

You... You're joking, right?

He's joking... Right?

#27 to #20 - fuckscreennames

Reply+1

(01/06/2014)[-]

so our options here are:
1.) he's a troll
2.) he's just that stupid
3.) he has been horribly mislead
4.) he doesn't understand how to science and pretends to

#21 to #20 - paradoxpoetic

Reply0

(01/06/2014)[-]

I really, really hope so.

#34 - someoneforamoment#218 on contentRank#218

Reply+1

(01/06/2014)[-]

I wonder if they could slowly reduce voltage till it cools so it keeps the teardrop shape.

#40 to #34 - pettdavids

Reply0

(01/06/2014)[-]

Then it'll fall eventually, don't you think?

#42 to #40 - someoneforamoment#218 on contentRank#218

Reply0

(01/06/2014)[-]

But it'd be in a teardrop shape and not a splat shape

#43 to #42 - pettdavids

Reply0

(01/06/2014)[-]

It'd fall, while still hot, after all, being suspended in the magnetic field got that thing heated up. Decreasing the magnetic intensity will both decrease energy transferred to the metal and eventually allow it to (slowly) fall. Energy put into the metal will probably never be less than the heat it radiates if it can still be suspended (it requires quite strong magnetic fields to levitate stuff)

#29 - midgettitwank

Reply+1

(01/06/2014)[-]

that's so ******* metal

#22 - krasnogvardiech

Reply+1

(01/06/2014)[-]

"Main Cannon ready to fire in 42 seconds."