Permanent Magnet Chair - 500 kg of Repulsion

How hard it is to push permanent magnets together? In this video you will see large neodymium permanent magnets, how we built throne with magnetic suspension and how much force it takes to press them together. Here we use N50 NdFeB magnets, essentially the same you see in all "monster magnets" videos around here. Thank you to colleagues in Institute of Physics, especially, Video operator and artwork designer: Antra Gaile Experimental setup design and manufacturing: Ingus Pagasts Video is made by: Reinis Baranovskis Shout-out to "Body Factory Salaspils" for providing weightlifting plates. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Music: Abstract Corporate by Gribsound   / gribsound   Video Link:    • Video   ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 0:31 Permanent magnets 1:07 Currents in aluminum 2:04 Large permanent magnets 2:33 Construction time-lapse 3:26 Testing magnetic suspension 4:02 Applying weights 5:25 Conclusions 6:00 Outro