The magnetic properties of common materials such as wood, plastic, glass, and aluminum are demonstrated using small, inexpensive, surplus quadrupole magnets. Paramagnetic rods line up with the field above the magnet while diamagnetic samples line up perpendicular to the field.
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1998
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