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Gravity does not directly couple to electromagnetism. If it did, then we could use batteries and coils of wire or capacitors to make gravity, and generate electricity in a wire by moving throughit around in a gravitational field.

Energy does couple to gravity; in this sense a hot object will weigh a tiny, tiny bit more than it did when it was cold, a compressed spring will weigh a tiny, tiny bit more than it did when it was relaxed, and so on. This means a strongly-magnetized piece of samarium-cobalt magnet material will also weigh a tiny, tiny bit more than it did before it was magnetized.

But all these effects are far too small to measure.

Gravity does not couple to electromagnetism. If it did, then we could use batteries and coils of wire or capacitors to make gravity, and generate electricity by moving through a gravitational field.

Gravity does not directly couple to electromagnetism. If it did, then we could use batteries and coils of wire or capacitors to make gravity, and generate electricity in a wire by moving it around in a gravitational field.

Energy does couple to gravity; in this sense a hot object will weigh a tiny, tiny bit more than it did when it was cold, a compressed spring will weigh a tiny, tiny bit more than it did when it was relaxed, and so on. This means a strongly-magnetized piece of samarium-cobalt magnet material will also weigh a tiny, tiny bit more than it did before it was magnetized.

But all these effects are far too small to measure.

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niels nielsen
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Gravity does not couple to electromagnetism. If it did, then we could use batteries and coils of wire or capacitors to make gravity, and generate electricity by moving through a gravitational field.