Magnetic Levitation

Milligravity in a High Magnetic Field

Photograph of magnetically levitated plant (transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana), looking down the magnet bore.

|¬ ~ 50 mm ® |


Results after staining of intact plants experiencing

2.3 hours of the parameters given:
Control

B £ 0.1 mT

BÑ B = 0
Center Field Control

B = 18.9 T

BÑ B = 0
Magnetic Levitation

B = 14.4 T

BÑ B = 1708 T2/m

(Reprint: www.phys.ufl.edu/~meisel/arabexp.htm)