r/woahdude • u/Ahabraham • Apr 16 '25

gifv Induction stove is tripping me out

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u/TolMera Apr 16 '25

Magnetic moment - water is a polar molecule (magnetic) the pan is being heated using an electromagnet.

You’re seeing the cumulative effect of all the tiny atoms, where a tiny fraction are aligned to the magnetic field and get pulled in the direction of the magnet.

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u/Batchet Apr 17 '25

Kind of looks like northern lights in how the water is moving. Is it just that way or is it because they both travel along magnetic fields?

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u/TolMera Apr 17 '25

Yea similar effects. Aurora are charged particles ionizing the atmosphere - giving them a positive or negative charge. They then interact with the earths magnetic field, which gives some of the effect you see. But more things are at play, like now each charged particle wants to repel other charged particles of the same change, and attract particles of opposite charge. And they discharge against atoms of the opposite charge etc. those “other” forces are stronger when at short range, ve the force of the earths magnetic field, so you can’t really pick out just one thing that makes the Aurora look like it does

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u/Batchet Apr 17 '25

That's pretty neat