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david-gpu · on Aug 1, 2023

Why would it not?

If you bring the North pole of a big magnet, I would expect the South pole of the flake to be attracted to it, and the North pole to be repelled.

When you flip the big magnet around and bring the South pole this time, I would expect the opposite.

Isn't that what we are seeing in the video?

I would happily do it at home if I had magnets around, but I don't. Sorry.

cthalupa · on Aug 1, 2023

>Isn't that what we are seeing in the video?

No. All of these videos show the same part of the flake being repelled by both sides of the magnet, as well as other videos showing that the sample does not attract.

david-gpu · on Aug 1, 2023

> All of these videos show the same part of the flake being repelled by both sides of the magnet

I'm afraid we are not seeing the same, then. In this [0] video I can clearly see a different corner of the flake being repelled at 2:07 ~ 2:13 versus 2:27 ~ 2:30.

However, I agree that the other videos people like you have posted on this thread show materials that are not ferromagnetic.

[0] https://targum.video/v/2023/8/1/2534a4408ccce9c13a811e94f16d...

cthalupa · on Aug 1, 2023

That does not disprove my statement. As I noted in my more in-depth breakdown, compare 1:55 vs. 3:03 - you will see the same corner being lifted despite opposite sides of the magnet being used to lift it.