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A significant part of Paul’s experiment involves timing how long magnets take to fall when dropped through a magnetic tube, which provides insight into magnetic resistance:
Magnets with opposite poles attracting take approximately 28 seconds to descend.
Magnets with same poles glued together fall more quickly, taking around 1 minute and 3 seconds.
The stark difference in fall times indicates that magnets with like poles glued together create a stronger magnetic barrier or influence, resisting motion more effectively than those with opposite poles. This could have implications for magnetic shielding or energy storage applications.