Magnets
Made by Karina Lukianova for Year 2
Introduction
People thought that magnets had a mysterious ability to point north and south. Only in in the last few centuries have these effects been understood by humans.
More about them
Even nowadays people still do not know everything about them, and might not ever find out the truth.
This site
This site will go over a few topics and tell more about magnets to others in the simplest language possible.
Definitions
What is a magnet?
A magnet is a material or object that produces a magnetic field. The field itself is invisible, but it is responsible for the most notable property of a magnet, force. That force is able to pull ferromagnetic materials such as iron, and can repel or attract other magnets.
Meaning of "magnetized"
Every ferrimagnetic material is able to be magnetized. When a material is magnetized it creates its own persistent magnetic field.
What is magnetism?
Magnetism is a force around the magnet. A magnet can exert a force on another nearby magnet. Magnets have two poles - a north pole, and a south pole. The rules of magnetism is that two magnets will either attract or repel each other in the following way:
Like poles (N-N or S-S) repel
Unlike poles (N-S or S-N) attract
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