Mounting two magnets (separated) inside a non-magnetic coil spring (compression) so that
the 1/R^4 attractive force can aid in compressing it when it's dropped from a height
sufficient to cause it to compress slightly (thermal collision force aided by the Casimir force)
should show some interesting bounce effects, albeit the coil spring
is a linear device as opposed to the 1/R^2 repulsive electrostatic force between
the atomic nuclei.
The bounce height compared to that of a similar spring with non-magnetic slugs of
the same mass as the magnets should illustrate the point.
How high, Mr. Grimer? :-)
Frederick
