A2_3 Diamagnetic Levitation of a Human

Gareth Douglas, Ian Griffiths, David Marshall, Thomas Hands

Abstract


In 2000, Nobel Laureate Geim successfully levitated a frog, in a magnetic field, using the diamagnetic response of water molecules. The below shows that a 70.6T magnet would be required if we were to levitate an average adult human by the same means.


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