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Fluid morphs into startling designs, surprising MIT researchers
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This article from MIT News describes the surprising patterns that Prof. Markus Zahn and his student Cory Lorentz observed when they placed a ferrofluid sample in a changing magnetic field. The article contained six photographs of these patterns.
https://news.mit.edu/2003/ferrofluid-0205
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image credit: Prof. Markus Zahn; image source ; larger image This resource was a Physics To Go feature from December 1, 2011 until December 16, 2011. View the feature here!


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Keywords: Ferrofluid, magnetic field
Record Creator: Metadata instance created November 29, 2011 by Ed Lee
Record Updated: Feb 22, 2025 by Lyle Barbato
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Fluid morphs into startling designs, surprising MIT researchers (MIT News, Cambridge, 2003), <https://news.mit.edu/2003/ferrofluid-0205>.
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Fluid morphs into startling designs, surprising MIT researchers. (2003, February 5). Retrieved March 16, 2025, from MIT News: https://news.mit.edu/2003/ferrofluid-0205
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MIT News. Fluid morphs into startling designs, surprising MIT researchers. Cambridge: MIT News, February 5, 2003. https://news.mit.edu/2003/ferrofluid-0205 (accessed 16 March 2025).
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Fluid morphs into startling designs, surprising MIT researchers. Cambridge: MIT News, 2003. 5 Feb. 2003. 16 Mar. 2025 <https://news.mit.edu/2003/ferrofluid-0205>.
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