Phenomena

Plasma Demo

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This neat magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) demo is one we do not suggest repeating at home. The high voltage applied across the magnets and the plate causes the white disk in between to vaporize and form a plasma. Then the magnetic field causes the circumferential motion via the Lorentz force, essentially trapping the plasma and making it spin.

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