capillary fed ferrofluid magnet motor

[onthecuttingedge2005]

something I always tell myself before I settle on something is, will it work in space?

I would love to see if Capillary action is possible in near zero gravity. if so, would it flow faster or would it not work at all.

I have my scientific guess on this but it would still be a cool experiment.

I always tend to research energy that would work for spacecraft, if it is good enough for the spacecraft it is good enough for Earth.

I always try my best to design a concept that has absolutely no moving mechanical parts or the least possible and try to keep energy production concepts on a solid state and or state of the art scientific principle.

anything else is just novel to me, maybe even primitive in some ways.

but that is just me.
Jerry

[Magluvin]

There would have to be a reason why the magnet would only pull from the capillary tube and not the runoff. Also whatever the magnet pulls, its not going to want to give it away.  Its a new thought though.

Doesnt ferromagnetic fluid harden in a magnetic field?

Magluvin

[FatChance!!!]

Doesn't ferromagnetic fluid harden in a magnetic field?

Yes it does and this is the final nail in the coffin on this idea.

[Low-Q]

Also the capillar wants to keep the ferrofluid inside it - for the very same reason why the fluids are sucked into the capillar in the first place. No free forces here.

Vidar

[gravityblock]

Here's a video of a magnet confining a ferromagnetic fluid while without the magnet it will pour.  http://www.freesciencelectures.com/video/ferromagnetic-liquid/

Lot of great videos on this site.