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Magnetic Force on a Current-Carrying Conductor

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Investigation

Can permanent magnets power a self-running motor indefinitely?

Challenges

A repeatable motor cycle must return the magnetic geometry to its starting state; conservation of energy requires any sustained external work to be supplied by an energy input or depletion of stored energy, with real losses making the balance stricter.

Qualifies

Permanent magnetic fields can exert forces and torque and can exchange stored magnetic or mechanical energy, so visible acceleration in part of a device cycle is physically real.

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