PERMANENT MAGNETS AS A POSSIBLE NEW SOURCE OF ELECTRICITY

Shortage of conventional forms of energy after centuries of depletion of natural resources compounded by uncontrolled pollution has led mankind to look for alternate forms of energy. A major faction of scientists have dedicated themselves to look for other forms of renewable, easily-accessible and more environment friendly energy.

Electricity and magnetism are two different sides of the same coin. In fact, electricity can be used to generate magnetic fields and electromagnets. So, could magnets possibly generate electricity?

A setup like a Daniel cell shows some very interesting features. Two poles of a Neodymium magnet were dipped in two different containers containing equal amounts of equal concentration of salt water (NaCl soln). The circuit was completed by connecting the two containers using one copper wire. After a considerable amount of time of keeping the solution idle/untouched, copper particles were found attached to the body of the magnet (the parts of the body that are dipped in the solution). Also, the tip of the copper wires turned bluish-green. Both the solutions in the two containers turned reddish-yellow. When the potential difference (PD) was measured across the two containers, a damped oscillatory PD was seen.

it is seen from this very interesting phenomenon the possibility of alternating flow of cations towards the magnets and/or electrons towards the copper wire. This also opens up the possibility of a temporary pole reversal in the magnets standard magnets being used as a source of energy.