How Much Weight Can a Superconductor Hold?

In this video I show you how much weight the type II superconductor can hold!
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[@JustinY.]

Imagine finding and playing with a superconductor in the middle ages, and then being declared a witch because you caused some shiny rock to levitate.

[@cucujone8448]

Jesus ur early.

[@jaydenmann447]

Justin Y. hello justin.

[@dbozz135]

Then you get burned alive because of the lack of scientific knowledge of the humans.

[@alkatraz706]

Oh..i thougt ur dead lol

[@arthurbordet8754]

I don't think there was that much liquid nitrogen in the middle ages

[@blakemccoy5712]

I just found out through my parents something really cool. So I've been watching you since 2014-ish. I loved the stuff I learned so interesting that I showed my parents. Apparently, they know you. Do you possibly remember the McCoy's? Justin and Monica McCoy?

[@benztheprotogen3502]

Cool

[@pentilex4338]

Doxxed

[@barbusbogdan7]

maju oh cmon

[@Geolaminar]

Mentioning people's real IDs on the interweb is a bad move my guy.

[@jeffo9396]

@@Geolaminar In general you're right. I think the original poster giving his parents' name is pretty harmless for a channel like this, although he should have maybe just supplied their first or last names, which would have sufficed.

[@Dondlo46]

DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE,its second time that when teacher explains something in school,you upload video with exact same topic

[@shivammaurya1657]

He probably knows your teacher

[@alexorange781]

I also find very interesting that it doesn't "compress" like springs do. Considering basically 0 friction it would be an amazing tech for smth like trains or delivery.

[@AshrZ]

but it'd have to be super cold

[@2Cerealbox]

A lack of sufficient friction is actually the bigger problem on trains. The reason trains have so many wheels is because trains can't get sufficient traction on the rails to move their massive weight. And if you had an alternative means of propelling the train and you wanted to do so at such a speed that friction with tracks would be a problem, it'd basically be flying at that point anyway.

[@siebevandekerkhove9863]

Although it's very expensive, needs a lotta energy to cool down and so doesn't beat the modern magnet trains

[@Jehannum2000]

@@2Cerealbox How about this: normal frictional wheels when gaining or reducing speed which then lift off the track, replaced by superconducting magnets when cruising?

[@lolbro8701]

Wow you discovered bullet trains

[@GMMVNET]

Him: "I've found a superconductor" Him: "I've found a content"

[@garis5345]

When I think about it, I'm just watching how someone makes levitating cup of salt and I don't even think it's weird. KZbin is very interesting place.

[@DeductedSpy]

Garis 53 it’s not a paid actor dummie, this guy just made physics his bitch

[@gljgdsz]

@@DeductedSpy when did he/she say (actor) he/she was saying this video is about making a cup with salt float... dummy Edit: what do u mean 'this guy just made physics his b***h' even a 5 year old has better grammer

[@DeductedSpy]

Vibe Check oh shit, clicked on the wrong comment

[@DeductedSpy]

Vibe Check whoops

[@g.ferreira6745]

@@DeductedSpy lmao

[@anonymeister123]

I got startled when the salt fell. Time for even more coffee

[@hrithikjain1806]

Random being: "so how many times can you say crazy?" The Action Lab dude: yes

[@Ray-lc8lz]

"look at that"

[@andricode]

The salt waste tho

[@phoenixstormjr.1018]

You mean the action lab says "that's a crazy question"

[@Joso997]

the science asylum: fast fast

[@EthanAllred1]

Crazy! Time for your *Superconductor Swing!!*

[@chillyplays3506]

As soon as he said quantum I stopped trying to understand

[@peavio]

BRUH

[@petergoestohollywood382]

Chili Plays why are you geh?

[@112BALAGE112]

Never "stop trying to understand". Always be curious.

[@guythat779]

You should try It's not exactly hard, it's counter intuitive mostly, yes, but it makes sense The math is weird, yes but we did no math

[@reedy_9619]

I think it might be a reference but not sure

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

It's absolutely phenomenal with what you can do with basic chemistry

[@arthurbordet8754]

More physic than chemistry, you could even call it metallurgy (to be fair, in a way they are all the same thing)

[@gencmaker4087]

This is not chemistry and this is not basic physics

[@aditsood9369]

@@gencmaker4087 so what is it?

[@gencmaker4087]

@@aditsood9369 medicore physics

[@JMRSplatt]

Amazing, best video you've had yet.. really thinking outside the box for new content, yet keeping the experiment very interesting, and something most of us have probably wondered about. Thank you.

[@WouterVerbruggen]

Cool, fun experiment. Superconductivity is awesome, hence why I'll do my thesis in it. And my internship coming April at CERN. On this experiment; if you would do this with a known field, like with a solonoid, you could make an approximation to the pinning force inside the conductor.

[@linecraftman3907]

Congrats for getting the internship!

[@epicshelter7162]

It's is the real way to teach physics to teenagers or any age group of people

[@grant0617]

Why don't you just push/pull it down with a force sensor? Then you won't have to deal with the puck cooling or the cup falling and you can get a more accurate reading.

[@AroMaths]

No video material there lol

[@dhadelmacha3455]

Hey When it was hanging You pushed it a bit and it started rotating but why did it rotate backwards again as if it was tied to a rope Why did it happen? Hope you understand my question

[@R_C420]

Nice observation. I wonder what happens if it continues to be forced in one direction. Will it gain resistance until the pinning effect is broken? I think this is also part of the process that occurs on the Sun leading to coronal Mass ejections and such.

[@g.ferreira6745]

I may (probably) be wrong, but I think this is because of the quantum locking itself, the conductor wants to stay in the same position it is, so as he rotates it, it builds up resistance that creates rotation on the backwards direction

[@huntcringedown2721]

"That is crazy" is my new SMS sound btw

[@Ray-lc8lz]

"look at that!"

[@kacey797]

@@Ray-lc8lz what do you mean!??😁❤

[@FundingGym]

Always fun to see your work.

[@Subomuzik]

The platform that magnet is propelled from is the earthgrid/paved road. The magnet is car. Radio frequency emitted with the transitioning of housed electrons within a programmed trinity laser will ascend the vehicle. The trinity laser, while housing electrons, will also allow for a halogent-road to be projected under the vehicle causing it to rise where certain sections of the physical road emits lower electromagnetic frequency. The trinity laser will also project a pathway, similar to gps without a sat comm & have the capability to sense for objects with an electron force field to prevent vehicular accidents with singulairity cpu drive.

[@plenum222]

Some type of inverse square law involved... My bet was far more than just that cannisters of salt!

[@guythat779]

Not really, the magnetic field is mostly uniform in front of a square magnet .... till it's not, it's complicated but it's certainly not an inverse square Usually the inverse square law applies when the field spreads radially (away from, kinda like how you used to draw sunrays in preschool drawings) from a sphere or point however even a spherical magnet will not create an inverse square field because the magnetic field lines aren't radial (they go from one pole to the next)

[@scimastory]

today in my PE class, we played floor hockey, and I wondered what would happen if we played hockey with a superconductor instead of a puck (assuming the entire floor was made of neodymium magnets and the superconductor puck had already been cooled down). There would be almost no friction, so the puck would be moving really fast, right?

[@siebevandekerkhove9863]

This great mind not thinking of just using heavy cubes and not outbalancing the superconductor

[@saifullahrahman]

He wanted to get a precise value of weight

[@reedy_9619]

sciencified Human water? Water s great

[@siebevandekerkhove9863]

@@reedy_9619 water is

[@siebevandekerkhove9863]

@@saifullahrahman he didn't get it cuz the way he placed it made em unable to find the absolute max

[@saifullahrahman]

Well thats true

[@brianhoppe7303]

Love how excited he gets

[@sahilrathi_]

5:01 This laugh is like a verification of him!😂

[@doriangoff2474]

I wounded if super conductors would work in hover cars. And yes I know that replacing roads with massive magnets would oppose to major problems but its still fun to think about.

[@andresaofelipe]

Yes, they work in hover trains already

[@rexultimus1422]

its comin

[@MammaOVlogs]

wow that is way cool! loved it

[@PurplexEdits]

Thank you for the awesome content ♥️

[@sjenkygiantzzz8518]

Try locking the puck above one of those prinyed magnets. U know the one that has a couple of north and south poles on one side. They have more strenght with a smaller surface and a smaller gap.

[@TheAgentAPM]

So much bad luck taken to perform a science experiment.

[@jocelyn-rk2vr]

This is awesome. This is what I watch when the “trending” section of KZbin is all about the outbreak. 🥴

[@newluckypro]

Thats SO COOL!

[@marvelandrandomclips2062]

Love your videos

[@IBM_Museum]

Police hear rumors and raid The Action Lab: "What the heck?"

[@legendaryoutcast4440]

I love quanton locking super conductors. Cool video as usual and Metatron's cube shirt

[@ChrisBrown-nr1on]

I think that's one of the neatest experiments I've seen in a long time

[@sahilthakur_01]

Awesome video .

[@thamirivonjaahri6378]

I first heard about superconductors many years ago in Beyond 2000 ( it was Aussie tv show if i remember it right), where they demonstrated that these can actually serve even as replacement for axle bearings in cars with obvious advantage being zero effective friction, however also making somewhat rocky ride in the process as you cannot use traditional spring dampening system in this application.

[@dougitman5579]

If you could scale the experiment large enough, what would the human body experience if crawled in the gap

[@Not.Your.Business]

I would presume that everything would be normal for the human, except the wow factor... I'm not a physicist though.

[@WouterVerbruggen]

Nothing. Otherwise MRI (which has fields 2 to 3 times higher) wouldn't be safe enough for use in a hospital

[@Not.Your.Business]

@@WouterVerbruggen agree. did I state otherwise? or did you miss-tagged me?

[@WouterVerbruggen]

@@Not.Your.Business yeah, my bad. It was a response on Doug IT MAN's comment ;)

[@guythat779]

Cold air

[@cainofthejungle]

Probably my most favorite video ever. I love the concept, i see potential here. But i keep replaying the part when you spill the salt twice.

[@J4NOObs]

As the cup tipped over something randomly made a noise in my room lol

[@RaivoltG]

I'd love to make a rail system like what you have but hide it in the top of a bar. Put a drink on a sled of some sort, then slide a drink down the bar to someone! I know there is a little more that that to it but that's the basic idea. I really wish you were my neighbor, I'd be knocking on your door all the time! Another super cool video!

[@neelotpaldutta2347]

I think there is one thing I would like to suggest in this experiment. Every time before you add a new weight, you should try to cool the superconductor once again. As you showed in a previous video, there is a time limit to the superconductor's floating ability. So I think that this was very pronounced when you were trying to hang a weight from the superconductor. You had to keep removing some salt again and again, but where as few seconds before it could carry the salt which you had just removed.

[@manasjoshi5957]

Awesome 👍

[@KrisParryGaming]

Very interesting video.

[@squirtleb5452]

Is it possible to create a tower of quantum locked pucks? Like stacking magnets over the puck and then another puck on top of that one and so on...?

[@kingofgranges]

Not exactly sure it would be possible to place new magnets on top without interfering, though I'd really like to see if it works or what appens otherwise

[@benthegnarlyone5619]

That’s pretty gnarly

[@jakebergamasco4759]

Wolfe your vid’s mate, where can I buy a superconductor like this one? Appreciate any help cheers and keep making excellent videos!

[@housesteiner7783]

Dude, your making David Copperfield look bad now with your spooky floating disc thingamajig, pretty cool stuff man.

[@quantuamlovers8587]

Quantum mechanics is my favorite topic of all time.

[@raahimhadi4905]

But do you understand it?

[@quantuamlovers8587]

@@raahimhadi4905 yes 😁 . It's concept is very easy.

[@SoapMcCallister]

@@quantuamlovers8587 yah

[@josephlondon8188]

Oh yes, the universally recognized weighted objects... salt and play-doh.

[@ThunderChunky101]

I got your book for Christmas... I'm 36!! haha. I'm going through the experiments with my kids.

[@janinjajones]

Conductor: I can define gravity Gravity: am I a joke to you

[@jaybingham3711]

Was hoping for comments about official lab results of superconducting forces and how they compare to your results.

[@WANTED91x]

Cool video, as always =) But couldn't you just put the magnets on a scale and start pushing on the superconductor, to read the weight when it starts moving or touching the magnets? Or would it just move, without changing the scale?

[@MarioPk]

Two magnets, one cup.

[@sawdust6014]

The one dislike was a like they just slipped the finger

[@MrZapp20]

boring video

[@CireMystery]

Whenever I watch your quantum locking videos I imagine this technology being used to make a friction-less form of train travel. Could possibly employ a constant cooling system to maintain low temp of superconductors along the bottom. Probably utilizing a material to trap the coolant like the foam you use. Or imagine using quantum locking to make a roller coaster. Constant cooling of the superconductors may not be necessary for this.

[@maggs131]

Bullet trains in China, Korea and Japan do use maglev technology using electro magnets which is far easier and controllable than using superconductors

[@sharamf2627]

That is crazy!

[@tomikoikkalainen7135]

You should cool the magnet too in LN and handle SC and magnet with thermally insulating oven gloves or something. Result will be stronger.

[@zeroblackenz344]

Does quantum locking work on electromagnets ? Will quantum locking react differently if the superconductor is placed in between 2 magnets (set-up A magnets facing with opposite poles, set-up B/C magnets facing with same poles) and are fixed with both at a distance that barely attracts/repel each other

[@lambdacode1503]

You should put the whole system on a weight scale, I know it wouldn't be anything new, but it would be fun to watch, particularly to people that don't study physics and so on

[@MG-rr3vl]

Cool experiment. I wonder though, would the strength of the magnet itself change the overall load it could carry? Stronger magnet = more weight?

[@ebob0531]

Yes! Look up flux pinning, the wikipedia page has a lot of info about the relationship between both the strength of a magnetic field and the area of the super conductor and how that affects the strength of the pinning

[@MuhammadDaudkhanTV100]

Excellent 👏👍👌😍🌹💋💕

[@marvelandrandomclips2062]

Nice 👍

[@radicalxedward8047]

I wonder if it holds less hanging because the more strain that’s put on it the further it’s pulled from the magnet and thus the weaker the field, whereas when it’s being pushed down it’s getting closer to the magnet and the field is stronger. Edit: 10:55 lol he ends up saying the exact same thing.

[@taureanwooley]

With a specific type of element/salt the magnetism could make the particles of the substance start to climb, not sure if it requires a vibration of some sort to make it focused though :(

[@navkaranhanda]

is the streg=ngth of the lock affected by the magnet?

[@margowinchester8220]

Now an experiment to try, and forgive me if you have, I've only watched about 30 videos so far, would be seeing if you could do a double levitation! Another magnet on top of the superconductor. And if so, how many layers of levitation could you make? 4, 5? Since the weight still gets added to the layers, idk how much would be too much

[@stephencutting3808]

imagine levitating coasters like this at home

[@AlexH.902]

That is soooo cool

[@Anonymous-xp7ze]

Imagine a quantum-locked roller coaster

[@walmartskills]

Is it possible to make different magnet track designs? specifically figure 8s and tracks that overlap where one or multiple parts of the track go through each other?

[@mrchordstriker]

So, because of gravity pulling in one direction, and pushing in the other, if the same weight in the cup were used both above and below the magnet, it is closer above the cup and farther away under the cup. It strikes me that earths elliptical orbit COULD arguably be following similar phenomenon, and so we are a little closer, and a little farther way from the sun...could this be partly explaining the elliptical orbit around the sun? Great video.

[@aforementioned7177]

When he finally got the puck to Quantum Lock level, I felt a huge feeling of relief flood my being. 😅

[@kjgfalsk]

why you dont put the whole salt pack on the magnet? xD

[@lazyer0511]

Cause then he wouldn't know the exact weight the puck could hold if it pushed it down onto/away from the magnet

[@kjgfalsk]

​@@lazyer0511 that was not meant seriously, but he would have known quickly where the limit was, above or below without leavin all the salt around ;D

[@lazyer0511]

Sorry when I read the comment the first time I thought you meant for him to just put the can of salt on the conductor instead of pouring it a little at a time into a cup

[@FLV.USA.CONSTITITION.2ND.]

As your super good doctor cools what is the differential between temperature drop versus weight the salt? Quantum locking is very intriguing but again it starts with expelling energy from the nitrogen so everything after that waist of energy is a formula that is based on expelling energy to achieve the desired results.

[@Strype13]

How far away can you still get the puck to hover? Towards the end there (around 10:26), it looked like you had it floating about ~6 inches away. I'd be curious to know the maximum distance it would still hover from.

[@Subomuzik]

Can you make a vid about Ansible communication?

[@SocksWithSandals]

10:24 Amazing how low you could hang the puck below the magnet.

[@ginsan8198]

Have you done any experiments related to music or musical instruments? Just some inspiration for future video ideas.

[@nabb19]

If schools were to change their curriculum to make science this fun, the world would be a better place.

[@SilverFox0784]

Salt: falls James: oh

[@lifeaslse6226]

I mean, it is called quantum PINNING for a reason... 😂

[@RandomChaosXIII]

I saw this on fb, do you happen to have a parts list/where to buy list of the puck magnet and the track you used in this video? Or did you build the track yourself?

[@Tomyb15]

Pretty sure you gotta cool down the ceramic superconductor *while* it's on top of the magnet to get proper flux pinning and prevent it from tilting.

[@WouterVerbruggen]

Interesting hypothesis. Depends on the physical reason for the tilt. I'd say the tilt is due to the pinning centre's distribution, which has nothing to do with how it was cooled down. Or more likely, the gradient in the magnetic field.

[@dennistravers7926]

I found it intersting that as you added weight there did not seem to be a change in th gap between the magnet and the superconductor. That wold seem to indicate that there is a governing system acting between the magnet and the super conductor. A sort of equilibrium which has to exist. How would you go about measuring the changes which seemingly must take place between the magnet and the super conductor. Also I dont think salt weighs very much so I would like to see something like a spring being used instead of the feild.

[@jollyvivi]

Can you please provide links to the source of the superconducting puck ?

[@GC-Content]

What will happen if you boil water almost to 100c (steel liquid) and take the van der graff machine activate it and try to spread electrons with scissors, love you vids 🔥🔥🔥

[@Sol-cf9ko]

Just because we can make something and it's better than it's predecessor in numerous ways doesn't mean that we can just launch it. With something incredible comes along maintenance and fixation . What we cannot fix we cannot maintain and what we cannot maintain won't last .

[@maximilianfinkler8141]

Does it mean that gravity and magnetism don´t interact/interfere with each other?

[@surajsivan356]

Can you make a video on Arc Reactor from Iron Man? Does that work?

[@Akiracademy]

Is there anything else you can use to cool it down?

[@CoughSyrup]

Where can I buy one of these pucks. I know where to buy a 'puck' of solid YBCO through and through, but its not a several-nanometer thin layer deposited on aluminum or a synthetic sapphire (because it conducts heat really well) like I believe you to be using here.

[@berkaygazikara]

how long does it last? so does it lose its conductivity as it gets warmer?

[@DamnitManit]

An experiment for you to try : Sir could you try what happens if you try to dip a capillary tube whose walls are sprayed with water repelling (HydroPhobic) spray in water . Will this water levitate in the tube ?

[@DuckStorms]

What does an ant and a superconductor have in common? They can each carry 100x their own weight.

[@JhonatanosRJ]

Here in brazil, in Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Me and other 5 friends make a Short travel (500 meters) on a levitation train which uses this tipe of super conductors. This projetc is called Maglev Cobra. It was realy, realy cool.

[@sub-to-BotMvOfficial]

I know this video is old but hopefully you see this comment. You should keep the magnet (super conductor locked on it) on the scale and check if if the weight increase when you put salt in the cup.....

[@alden1132]

If you filled the cup with liquid nitrogen (maybe using a metal cup?), it would float for even longer! It's crazy to think the same effect makes maglev trains possible!

[@Warfeist]

Wow! Applications for fusion reactors?