Ferrofluid Cineplex Feature Summary
- Type:
- Physics in Your World
- Title:
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Ferrofluids
- Description:
- Physics becomes art in Felice Frankel's photo of a ferrofluid with permanent magnets underneath. In a ferrofluid, a region of approximately constant magnetic field produces a pattern of spikes.
A ferrofluid is a concentrated suspension of nanometer-sized magnetic particles. To learn more, see the Physics Central feature Ferrofluid Fun.
- Image:
 - image credit: © Felice Frankel, from "Envisioning Science, the Design and Craft of the Science Image;" larger image
- Image URL:
- http://www.physicstogo.org/features/images/ferrofluid.jpg
- Featured:
- December 1, 2011 - December 16, 2011
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