[oceanghost]

A diamagnetic material.

"In simple terms, diamagnetic materials are substances that are usually repelled by a magnetic field. Electrons in an atom revolve around the nucleus, and thus possess orbital angular momentum. The resultant magnetic momentum in an atom of the diamagnetic material is zero."

[Baeocystin]

Am I correct in my understanding that being capable of self-levitation would be an unusually strong example of the diamagnetic effect?

[lucubratory]

Yes, if this material is diamagnetic without being a superconductor it is by far the strongest such material we've ever found. 15x stronger than pyrolitic graphite.

[tavavex]

From what I heard, it would. This kind of diamagnetism would be strong enough to be potentially interesting in other applications and research, if it turns out not to be a superconductor.

[nine_k]

Would still be useful for maglev, I assume?

[ajnin]

Not over a single dipole magnet. The "shape" of the field wouldn't make it stable, you'd need to add other magnets or a piece of string to stabilise. As I understand stable levitation over a dipole magnet is indicative of flux pinning which is a property exclusive to type II superconductors.

[whatshisface]

I think ChatGPT wrote that because it is nonsense.

[oceanghost]

It came from here... correct or incorrect.

https://byjus.com/jee/diamagnetic-materials/