Chaotic magnet pendulum...entertaining and easy to build

The erratic behavior of a bar magnetic pendulum can be captivating when it's movement become random due to the influence of attracting or repelling magnets placed near it pathway. Several variables can be explored to influence its behavior such as the number arrangement of the magnets, initial release position and mass of the bar. it's easy to capture the movement of the bar using phosphorescent paper and violet laser.
This video was posted previously with an accidental copyright issue, it has been revised to remove the problem.

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  • @GPalango
    @GPalango2 ай бұрын

    lol this is the first time i read comments on your channel 😂 i always thought it'd be swarmed because you are like super famous in my view. Or at least you make super content. I cant believe I never thought to write something! I have been following you for years and i mean YEARS, surely more than 10 years. You are like an internal joke between me and my little brother, he was a kid when we found you. Every time some old relative tries to make an activity at like a family gathering we whisper something like "hes trying to pull off a Bruce Yeany". You are a true teacher, i can tell ;) you will not be forgotten. And when time comes, I hope you found someone to keep the channel alive, or someone finds you. Not for the money but for the science 🙏 Godspeed

  • @YeanyScience

    @YeanyScience

    2 ай бұрын

    Thank You GPalango, so pleased to hear that you've stuck with me for so long. Very funny that you're using my name as a commentary on others. My granddaughter 6 years old is starting a Homemade Science junior channel. While I intend to keep at for a while, I do hope that she will eventually take it on

  • @GPalango

    @GPalango

    2 ай бұрын

    @@YeanyScience please do! Keep at it! Always remember what is fun for you! The essence of it! I wish you and your family a long and healthy life

  • @andyd8339
    @andyd83392 ай бұрын

    a swivel ball joint would allow a more fluid chaotic path. i had a similar rig that i noticed the hook slipping, causing erratic jarring at times. but as always, an awesome demonstration!

  • @YeanyScience

    @YeanyScience

    2 ай бұрын

    That is a good idea, the first method I used was to have it attached with a small loop of string but as the magnets got near each other, it would cause the bar to bounce I would guess that eyelet to eyelet does restrict the movement some. One other option is to have magnets in both ends of the wooden dow, one end has the north side of the magnet facing outwards, and the opposite end of the stick has the south side facing outwards. That way you can reverse the charges very easily. At the top, a small eyelet is screwed into the support arm that the magnet will stick to..

  • @andyd8339

    @andyd8339

    2 ай бұрын

    @@YeanyScience i had explored the idea of countersinking the connections and dropping in ball bearing magnets, but this caused the arm to spin wildly, which while chaotic, was maybe a little "too much" chaos. 😂

  • @alext6933
    @alext69332 ай бұрын

    Very cool

  • @Atheistic007
    @Atheistic0072 ай бұрын

    Your videos always have the best content!

  • @matthew13579
    @matthew135792 ай бұрын

    what a cool way to teach about magnets!

  • @Bobby_Snoof
    @Bobby_Snoof2 ай бұрын

    This is a very interesting video, you were right to repost it! Hi from France!

  • @YeanyScience

    @YeanyScience

    2 ай бұрын

    thanks Bobby, I have several videos that included copyrighted music that I thought I had the license for, turns out I didn't so I am redoing them.

  • @Bobby_Snoof

    @Bobby_Snoof

    2 ай бұрын

    @@YeanyScience Several youtubers have had the same problem as you. But it's important to preserve your work, and I'm glad you're taking the time to do it ! 👍🏼

  • @davidva8694
    @davidva86942 ай бұрын

    This is awesome

  • @Tudumanu
    @Tudumanu2 ай бұрын

    love your videos!!!

  • @DrNaz
    @DrNaz2 ай бұрын

    Love the vids prof!!

  • @gregbell2117
    @gregbell21172 ай бұрын

    For anybody who doesn't know... why this is so cool is that even though it's a simple setup, and we understand all the physics and equations for it, we can't predict the path the pendulum will take.

  • @v2talk

    @v2talk

    2 ай бұрын

    It is too sensitive to even minutest of deviations in initial conditions and minutest of variations through the course of experiment, translating these minor difference to major effect on the outcome of its position and velocity overtime

  • @LiftPizzas
    @LiftPizzas2 ай бұрын

    Using string instead of a rigid pendulum could make things interesting, too.

  • @vincent1951fly
    @vincent1951fly2 ай бұрын

    niece music +++++

  • @jaredhanson7042

    @jaredhanson7042

    2 ай бұрын

    The intro music was very nice, what is it called?... I also like all your science videos.

  • @YeanyScience

    @YeanyScience

    2 ай бұрын

    acoustic sunrise, offered by apple as part of the iMovie program.

  • @matthewellisor5835
    @matthewellisor58352 ай бұрын

    Attending

  • @sammin5764
    @sammin57642 ай бұрын

    🌟🌷🌟

  • @xzephyar12
    @xzephyar122 ай бұрын

    Could you do a video on resonance? I saw a video recently of someone rubbing a singing bowl with water in it and the water was jumping all over the place and I thought that was cool.

  • @YeanyScience

    @YeanyScience

    2 ай бұрын

    I'll add it to my list of things to try, thanks

  • @MrRafanhoto
    @MrRafanhoto2 ай бұрын

    🎊🎉🍀

  • @DaveFer
    @DaveFer2 ай бұрын

    Prof., could you maybe give us a link or a name for the specific violet laser that you're using? I understand (now) that the requirement is only that the wavelength of the light source needs to be shorter than the wavelength of the color of the paper. But I'm not seeing a big selection of laser diodes in that part of the spectrum. And I'd rather not use a UV laser if it's not necessary.

  • @YeanyScience

    @YeanyScience

    2 ай бұрын

    I have it loaned out at the moment, I know that I ordered it from Amazon. I see quite a few listed there. I will try to find out the specific one for you and can update it, send me an email at Bgoknee@comcast.net

  • @DaveFer

    @DaveFer

    2 ай бұрын

    @@YeanyScience no worries. I got one that works great but isn’t overly powerful. Thanks so much.

  • @taherali2824
    @taherali28242 ай бұрын

    🎉

  • @mattduncil
    @mattduncil2 ай бұрын

    Do magnets do work. I get the Lorentz force but the equation doesn’t seem to match every day experience, example a car being lifted by a magnet at a scrap yard, or fridge magnet, or even this experiment where the inertia of the wooden dowel changes direction when it encounters changes in the magnet layout. Then it gets even worse when you factor in spin in physics.

  • @zray2937

    @zray2937

    2 ай бұрын

    You hinted at the answer to your question. Magnetic fields do not work on electric currents, but the spin-field interaction involves energy and work.

  • @mattduncil

    @mattduncil

    2 ай бұрын

    @@zray2937 yes I’m wanting a way of showing this with a demonstration

  • @jareknowak8712
    @jareknowak87122 ай бұрын

    👍

  • @solarpowerelectricityandel2915
    @solarpowerelectricityandel29152 ай бұрын

    Sup

  • @seancunningham7589
    @seancunningham75892 ай бұрын

    Rigged lol. Jk jk