Observations of two spherical magnets spinning around each other
Abstract If two spherical magnets approach each other on a horizontal surface they will be attracted and either collide head-on or end up spinning around each other. In the latter case, the initial linear momentum is converted to angular momentum.
Authors
- Rod Cross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9409-2791)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physics Education
- Published
- 2025-03-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/adc0db
- Primary Topic
- Experimental and Theoretical Physics Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00