PIRA 5K20.25 - Eddy Currents: Magnets and Tubes

• Drop a magnet and a dummy magnet simultaneously down the two aluminum tubes.
  
• It takes approximately six seconds for the magnet to completely fall through a five foot tube.

Photo Shows the Demonstration Used at UT Austin.

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