Magnetic putty time lapse as it absorbs a rare-earth magnet. Taken over 1.5 hours at 3fps, played back at 24fps. The magnetic putty will eventually arrange itself so that the outer surface is as evenly distributed around the magnet as possible. 

Ferromagnetic particles in the putty are strongly attracted to the magnet and very slowly engulf the surface of the magnet. The magnet shown in the picture is a strong neodymium iron boron magnet. It's a very powerful magnet for its size and could erase magnetic stripes found in credit cards and damage electronics!

The putty looks and feels like regular silly putty, but the difference lies in the fact that it has been infused with millions of micron-sized ferrous particles (most often iron oxide powder). The magnetic putty is not actually magnetic by itself, since the infused particles are made of iron powder.

The presence of the strong neodymium iron boron magnet (the silver cube in the video) magnetizes the ferromagnetic particles in the putty. When this happens, the ferrous particles align with each other and this alignment generates north and south magnetic poles, making the putty into a temporary magnet. Once magnetized, the putty will remain magnetized even after the rare-earth magnet has been removed from the putty. This effect persists for a few hours until thermal agitation shakes the particles and they lose their alignment.

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Here is a picture of what the putty looked like after a long time had elapsed http://imgur.com/97t28Fw

Magnetic Putty Time Lapse 1080p

Thanks to yet another [internet revival](http://boingboing.net/2015/02/20/watch-magnetic-silly-putty-ea.html) (see Tuesday's [paint drips](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/dripping-paint-has-never-been-so-mesmerizing)), we've become transfixed by [Scott Lawson](http://www.youtube.com/user/linkman11)'s video of metallic putty eating a magnet whole. Seems we're [not alone](http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/111583981404/hungry-silly-putty).

Get swallowed by more of the web's magnetic putty experiments below.

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Forward and backward time lapse of a powerful neodymium magnet and some magnetic putty.

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Magnet & Magnetic Putty - Time Lapse

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Thinking Magnetic Putty

In this episode of SHANKS FX we have some fun with the wonderful weirdness of "Magnetic Putty". 

Get the same putty I used here...  http://store.yahoo.com/cgi-bin/clink?puttyworld+vrJ4Sh+index.html+

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Will help to ensure we make more episodes, just like this one!!! 

We used this Putty to create a lot of the 
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We now take a 2nd run at experimenting with this "strange matter" 
to see what new images & sequences can be achieved!!!

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Visit Scott Lawson's YouTube channel [here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcQ3GWpy22Y).

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_[These Alien Sculptures Were Formed With Magnets and Gravity](http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/these-alien-sculptures-were-formed-with-magnets-and-gravity)_

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