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English: Ferrofluid on a reflective glass plate under the influence of a strong/steep magnetic field.
Français : Ferrofluide sur une plaque reflectrice en verre et sous l'influence d'un fort champ magnétique.
עברית: he:נוזל מגנטי אשר נמצא על זכוכית משקפת תחת השפעת מגנט חזק.
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Author Gregory F. Maxwell <gmaxwell@gmail.com> PGP:0xB0413BFA
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English: Ferrofluid, a paramagnetic fluid composed of nanoscale ferromagnetic particles suspended in a carrier fluid, was placed onto a glass plate. The edges of the glass plate are visible at the bottom of the image. A powerful N40 neodymium magnet was placed under the glass along with an iron rod to steepen the field. Spikes form, in a phenomenon called normal field instability, where the magnetic forces are great enough to overcome gravity and surface tension to align the fluid in a magnetically ideal manner.

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  • Canon 5D
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  • ISO 100, 1 second exposure
  • Background illumination provided by 240watts of 6500K high-cri fluorescent. Highlight illumination by photoflash reflected off a 4ft x 1.5 ft white matt panel, additional highlight illumination provided by a distant tungsten light and a set of deep violet LEDs at offset angles to preserve an appearance of depth otherwise lost in the 2D image.

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current23:19, 9 August 2006Thumbnail for version as of 23:19, 9 August 20062,048 × 1,536 (370 KB)Futti (talk | contribs)Reverted to earlier revision
23:19, 9 August 2006Thumbnail for version as of 23:19, 9 August 2006800 × 517 (92 KB)Futti (talk | contribs)Reverted to earlier revision
21:11, 29 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 21:11, 29 July 20062,048 × 1,536 (370 KB)Gmaxwell (talk | contribs)Higher resolution version.
02:21, 12 July 2006Thumbnail for version as of 02:21, 12 July 2006800 × 517 (92 KB)Gmaxwell (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Ferrofluid under the influence of a strong/steep magnetic field. |Source=By uploader |Date=2006-07-10 |Author=Gregory F. Maxwell |Permission=GFDL-1.2 }} Only low res copy contributed for now to avoid quality problems on the ima

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