AIIMS 2004
- Exam
- AIIMS
- Year
- 2004
- Subject
- Physics
- Chapter
- Magnetic Properties of Matter
AIIMS 2004 · Physics · Magnetic Properties of Matter
Assertion : A disc-shaped magnet is leviated above a...
Assertion : A disc-shaped magnet is leviated above a superconducting material that has been cooled by liquid nitrogen.
Reason : Superconductors repel a magnet.
Options
- AIf both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
- BIf both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion
- CIf assertion is true but reason is false
- DIf both assertion and reason are false.
Correct answer
A. If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion
Step-by-step solution
Since superconductors exist only below a certain critical temperature and above that temperature they behave like normal materials. When magnet is placed above superconductor and cooled using liquid nitrogen. The induced magnetic field inside the superconductor is exactly equal and opposite in direction to the applied magnetic field, so that they cancel within the super conductor. These poles will repel each other and the force of repulsion is enough to float the magnet.