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Instructional Master

LSM 8.3-3

Maglev Train

(b)
rail
arm
guideway

levitation
electromagnet

(c)

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guideway

Figure 3
(b) Electromagnets support the maglev train.
(c) Another set of magnets is used to drive the train forward and to slow it down.

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