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Your physics instructor drops a magnet through a long vertical copper pipe and it moves slowly compared with the drop of a nonmagnetized object. Provide an explanation.

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Your physics instructor drops a magnet through a long vertical copper pipe and it moves slowly compared with the drop of a nonmagnetized object. Provide an explanation.

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When a magnet is dropped through a long vertical copper pipe, it experiences a force known as eddy currents. Eddy currents are generated in the copper pipe as the magnetic field of the magnet interacts with the electrical conductivity of the copper.

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