Mad Science!

We have been doing some exciting stuff at ProVolt lately.

We had a booth at the SLC Maker Faire where we played with several different types of levitation including a diamagnetic levitator, a superconductor, and a couple of different levitrons.

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Back at the space, we mixed Aluminum powder and Iron oxide in a ceramic crucible, then lit it on fire.

We also built an oxygen condenser and collected a bit of magnetic liquid oxygen by running some oxygen through a tube submerged in liquid nitrogen.

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And did you know you can detect vibrations with a coil of wire, some magnets, something stretchy and an oscilloscope?

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What kind of things will we be doing next?

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