Gadolinium Magnet Generator.

[ekimtoor1]

@tinselkoala. Yes I did just that I also hung a steel washer about the Sam weight and suspended it within enough ring mags to get approximately the same magnetic setup as with the GD. I also hung a small strip of paper. The washer stayed dead steady but I tied it up a little differently sio I still suspect the thread. The paper shows little movement. I set this up turned on the camera and left the room for about 30 minutes after turning off all my fans and the hvac.

Perhaps I'll post that video and let you all decide what it shows.

[mscoffman]

I can verify that the null case of a small horseshoe magnet and a ferrous component becomes quietus
while the horseshoe magnet suspends itself at 45deg. on a support string.  It's Lentz Law that damps
out all motion of the magnet. No energy equals no motion.

..S..MarkSCoffman

[ekimtoor1]

@mscoffman yes I observed the same with steel and GD suspended at an angle .

[synchro1]

No. Even in paramagnetic state is is still be drawn by a permanent magnet. If the Curie temperature is reached the cube will not be unfasten. Ferromagnetism is stronger as paramagnetism but but the paramagnetism of gd is quite strong. I heated up gd (99,99 % pure)  up to 60 degrees C and it was still attacted by a neodym magnet. Reaching the Curie temperature of Gd does not mean that there is no magetic attraction at all any more.

It sounds like you're dealing with a gadolinium alloy.

[ekimtoor1]

It sounds like you're dealing with a gadolinium alloy.

My sample says 99.999 pure and it absolutely will not detach from a neo under any temp (up to neo's curie).  I spent some time reading up on GD more carefully this morning and I don't think it ever becomes non-magnetic.  It is either ferromagnetic or extremely paramagnetic with the Curie point marking the end of ferromagnetism and the beginning of extreme paramegnetism.  GD is so paramagnetic above 68F that I cannot tell the difference between the two states.

So before any more can be done here, we must answer this question:

1. Is there in fact a point of non-magnetism (which would actually be extremely weak paramagnetism since everything is either ferro or para) when GD passes from ferromagnetic to paramagnetic?

2. If so, how long does GD remain non-magnetic?