KSat Stuttgart | Making a Ferrofluid from Galinstan (liquid metal) @KSatStuttgart | Uploaded May 2021 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
In the FerrAS project, we are developing and testing various ferrofluid experiments. We will apply to fly them to 80 km altitude on a REXUS rocket to see how they behave in microgravity.
This includes testing the use of a new type of ferrofluid: a galinstan-based ferrofluid. Galinstan is a liquid metal, similar to mercury but without the toxicity. In the video, the production of galinstan ferrofluid (magnetic galinstan) with iron oxide dust is shown and compared in a test setup with a ferrofluid, produced in the same way, but based on iron dust.
In the FerrAS project, we are developing and testing various ferrofluid experiments. We will apply to fly them to 80 km altitude on a REXUS rocket to see how they behave in microgravity.
This includes testing the use of a new type of ferrofluid: a galinstan-based ferrofluid. Galinstan is a liquid metal, similar to mercury but without the toxicity. In the video, the production of galinstan ferrofluid (magnetic galinstan) with iron oxide dust is shown and compared in a test setup with a ferrofluid, produced in the same way, but based on iron dust.
