Is it really possible to levitate human/any living organism? by using fundamentals of magnetism and their magnetic properties

in #science7 years ago (edited)

It's summer vacation time! And I went to one of my friend’s house nearby, just to get rid from
boredom… but there too I encountered something pretty interesting! My friend was studying “MAGNETISM AND MATTER” from R.H.W. and my eyes ogled on a page one of the topics which is the basic principle behind the working of maglev i.e. “MAGNETIC LEVITATION”.

We all are aware of a fact that mostly all living organisms are diamagnetic in nature, as diamagnetic substances include water, proteins, DNA, and other common substances like wood, plastic etc. and DNA, protein being a characteristic feature of a living organism. Experiments have been successfully conducted on a living organism – Frog, in which a frog is swimmingly levitated over a current carrying solenoid. Frog being diamagnetic (due to presence of comprehensive amount of DNA and proteins), repelled the solenoid’s upward magnetic field, enough to balance its weight and effortlessly levitating the frog in mid-air, an experiment usually heard by most of us.

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But the thing which befuddled me was, “is it possible to levitate a human same as a frog, as we all living being share diamagnetism in common”. And it came to a conclusion, that yes, there's a possibility to levitate humans too! (until now, hypothetically… due to unavailability of a solenoid, powerful enough to generate magnetic field so as to counter average human weight).
According to a paperwork in journal of applied physics, diamagnetic materials develop persistent atomic currents which oppose externally applied magnetic fields. Hence, so as to levitate a human, the energy of diamagnetic materials present inside the human body with volume “V” and magnetic susceptibility “x” in a magnetic field “B” is-

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To balance the force of gravity, we require that

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Where,
ρ = mass density of the human body (about 985 kg/m^3)
e^z = unit vector in vertical direction

And we see that only diamagnets, which have x<0, can satisfy the stability condition. Though this stability condition is necessary, but not sufficient. for stability, we must have positive curvature in energy surface in every direction. We can write this condition for diamagnets as-

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Hence, there's a possibility to levitate not only human, but every living organism, provided the values of magnetic susceptibility and the volume!

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We indeed only need to get the right magnet ^^

Btw: it would be very valuable to add to your post a list of links allowing readers to read more about the topic. I am thinking, for instance, about the publications you are referring too (I am bit lazy to look for them myself :p). Thanks in advance for your consideration!

Nice post. Also a tip you should also tag this post in mathematics and question. You should also do a introduce yourself post.

sure! thanks for your support.

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