What Happens When Neodymium Magnets Reach terminal Velocity?

Can you guess what happens?  This home experimenter displays the awesome power of neodymium magnets.  Here is what is being displayed:

4 Hexagon layers of Neodymium magnets reaching Terminal Velocity with the help of some compressed air. Hanging from a string of Neodymium magnets.  The magnets reach such a high speed the magnetic force can no longer repel the centrifugal forces supplied by the compressed air.  We have tried several different formations and it would seem mass does have an effect on how high of an RPM you can reach before they give out.

Let’s see what happens with these super powerful magnets in the video on page 2

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43 Comments

  1. Chhay Omgurhuge said:

    U know what i love science! And i love the science u guys post. But i cant handle all the spam and advertisement u allow on ur page. Im sorry ima have to unfollow.

  2. Jacob Johnson said:

    Terminal velocity is the maximum speed something can reach while falling through the atmosphere against the force of air resistance. This is just a ball of magnets spinning……

  3. Nick Bertolucci said:

    Not really sure why thats hard to believe. Theyre not welded together. Of course when you spin it fast theyrr gonna fly apart when the centrifugal force is greater then the megnetic force. Basic physics

  4. Ray Miller said:

    Is there some other meaning for “terminal velocity” that I somehow missed? This has nothing to do with terminal velocity. LOL.

  5. Ethan Hubbard said:

    I love when pages post bullshit to try and suck people in to their ads.. Don’t even have to click it.. all ready know exactly what happens.. one force overcomes another.. magnets probably shoot out in all directions.. anticlimactic ending.

  6. Emile Barry said:

    Cyberlink Powere Director sucks. They do not supoort the software once you purchase it. I had a registered copy and they could not find my information.

  7. Daniel Thomas Eakin said:

    with a bit of sensor work we’d know how fast. with a second air gun we’d eliminate the inaccuracy due to the wobble. With some actual numbers we’d have science. until documentation and experimentation its not science and its just goofin off.

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