Hello, I am looking for a little advice.

I am looking to create a diamagnetic counterpart to ferro-fluid for some experimentation. I am familiar with creating ferro-fluid by dissolving iron with Ferric Chloride (Etchant) solution and bonding it with Oleic acid to act as a surfactant and suspending the resulting material in a solution for use as a ferro-fluid.

Is it possible to do the same thing with Bismuth or some other relatively high diamagnetic material?

I am relatively proficient with chemical processes, but I am no chemist. A brief checklist of steps to achieve the desired result would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks for any advice or help.

I was thinking of using carbon graphite motor oil.
Probably not enough graphite contained.

'Graphite Engine lubricant is a colloidal dispersion of billions of microscopic particles of graphite that enhance the effectiveness of motor oil'

Wouldn't have to do any work, cheap etc.



'The Carbon graphite works every bit as well as Bismuth for this demonstration, and is considerably less expensive.'

I was interested in a type of self organizing capacitor/oscillator for no particular reason except to see what happened.