Make your own liquid magnets

ferrofluid

Here is a nice followup to yesterday’s video: How to make your own ferrofluid. This guide comes from Dr. Anne Marie Helmenstine at About.com The fine folks at Sci-spot seem to have the original with pictures. The composition of ferrofluid by volume is about 5% magnetic solids, 10% surfactant, and 85% carrier. The surfactant is what keeps the particles … Read the rest