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Ferrofluid Drop

I wanted to see if the force of a magnetic field on ferrofluid (a ferromagnetic liquid) would overcome the surface tension of a droplet.

 

In this photo, the drop is just above the pool of fluid. It's slightly more elongated than I would expect, but it's hard to tell if that's from the magnetic field.

 

I also took some slow motion video to get a better idea of what's going on here.

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Uploaded on November 19, 2009
Taken on November 18, 2009