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Magnetic Forces

Science — First Preparatory

Magnetic Forces

Applications and examples from life

Applications and examples from life

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The iron filings experiment
  • we place a magnet under a sheet of paper and sprinkle iron filings on the paper. The filings arrange themselves along the field lines
  • and they are most dense near the poles
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Cutting a magnet
  • if a bar magnet is cut into small pieces
  • each piece still has two poles. This shows that a magnet cannot lose a single pole by cutting
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Refrigerator doors
  • the door has a magnetic strip that pulls the door towards the iron body of the refrigerator
  • so the door closes tightly
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