Image:Ferrofluid Magnet under glass.jpg

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English: Ferrofluid on a reflective glass plate under the influence of a strong/steep magnetic field.
עברית: he:נוזל מגנטי אשר נמצא על זכוכית משקפת תחת השפעת מגנט חזק.
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By uploader
Date

2006-07-09
Author

Gregory F. Maxwell
Permission

GFDL-1.2
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Ferrofluid, a paramagnetic fluid composed of nanoscale ferromagnetic particles suspended in a carrier fluid, was placed onto a glass plate. The edges of the glass plate are visible at the bottom of the image. A powerful N40 neodymium magnet was placed under the glass along with an iron rod to steepen the field. Spikes form, in a phenomenon called normal field instability, where the magnetic forces are great enough to overcome gravity and surface tension to align the fluid in a magnetically ideal manner.


[edit] Equipment

  • Canon 5D
  • 100mm/f2.8 Macro at f/20
  • ISO 100, 1 second exposure
  • Background illumination provided by 240watts of 6500K high-cri fluorescent. Highlight illumination by photoflash reflected off a 4ft x 1.5 ft white matt panel.

[edit] Processing

  • RAW to 16bit conversion with dcraw
  • Slight rotation
  • Cropping to 4:3 aspect
  • Gain to bring background to white.
  • Minor cloning to remove sensor dust from background area
  • Scaled to 2048x1536
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