Can magnet stick to another magnet?

Answer 1

magnets stick to magnetic materials.so any stuff that is made up solely or partly of magnetic materials can stick to magnets,like cell phones(don't try this,harmful for your phone),tin cans,iron boot studs,car doors,skateboard metallic parts,magnetic material pens,iron door handles,magnetic material utensils,knives,forks,scissors,grills,fr... you mentioned),so on and so forth....

Answer 2

This is actually a harder question than it looks. If you looking for a simple answer, then: they stick together or repulse each other because they have a magnetic field around them, opposite poles 'stick' (N and S like + and -) and same poles repel (N and N or S and S like + and + or - and -). For same reason magnets attract non magnetic metals.

If however you are interested in why it ACTUALLY happens, I will try to explain as simple as I can.

Firstly there is some background knowledge that is necessary to understand this phenomena:

The force that makes magnets move is an electromagnetic force, the same force that makes electrons and protons to attract each other and makes current (electricity) go around the wires. Now, all matter possesses charge, a lot of it actually, but we do not notice it in most of everyday objects, because they have almost equal amount of positive and negative charge (so the charges cancel out). Even in wires under high voltage there are almost equal amount of them. The difference is that in wires this charge MOVES. The movement of charge is much like the movement of water in pipes - it the water is standing still, it does not do much, but ones it moves it can rotate turbines (motors) or it can hit you hard (electricity shock). When the charge moves it produces a magnetic field around it (there is no actual field, field is just a mathematical construct. In reality, it is still the same electromagnetic force, but now in motion). So, the electromagnets are just wires with current flowing though them. The permanent magnets on the other hand (the ones you ask about) are nothing more than pieces of metal with one additional property. The molecules of these metals packed together such that they can exchange electrons, so one particular electron can move in the entire piece of metal freely (unlike other materials). It is not a coincidence that metals are both attracted by magnets (or a magnets themselves) and the best electricity conductors. It is due that very property to exchange electrons freely.

And finally the process that actually makes the magnets 'stick':

The Sun ejects electrons (Solar winds) -> those electrons charge one side of the Earth negatively -> since there is disbalance in Earth's charge, the charge begins to move (electrons circulate in the Earth like waves in the ocean) -> movement of charge produces magnetic field around the Earth (in reality field is like a disbalance of forces), so the Earth have a magnetic field -> Earth's magnetic field affects all materials near Earth, but most of the materials can not produce a sufficient magnetic field (unlike metals their electrons 'stuck' and can not jump from molecule to molecule). But in certain metals this field (disbalance) make electrons to accumulate at one side of the material (it is actually more complex, but lets leave it at that), charging one side negatively and leaving the other side positively charged. So one side is - (with excessive amount of electrons) and one side is + (absence of electrons, or the excessive amount of 'holes'). In this particular case electrons still can not jump from one piece of metal to another but constantly being pushed by the electromagnetic field of the Earth. The rest is obvious: + side attracts - side and the magnets stick!

PS - such magnets will still work in space (outside the Earth), as long as there is magnetic field present.

Answer 3

It depends on your Definition of Magnet. If you are thinking of a PolyPole magnet then no because MonoPole Metals could still attract.

The sort of common object most people think of as a magnet will attract any metal objects of, or containing, iron, as well as some alloys; they don't have to be other magnets.

So, magnets (frequently decorative) might be used to collect and hold small desk objects such as pins and paperclips, or could be stuck onto metal surfaces (a fridge magnet is a popular example) as a removable note, memo, or other light object holder.

If you use a magnet on, for example, your desk, it is important to keep it separate from electronic devices such as computers, monitors and mobile phones.

Metal items - including stainless steel - left in contact with magnets, such as scissors, pens, cutlery, and so on will become magnetised which can be a nuisance, as everyone knows who's had a pair of scissors which insist on gathering paperclips to them.

Magnets can be affected by phsical trauma, so, for example, dropping a magnet can cause it to lose some of its magnetic qualities.

Answer 4

the north end of the magnet is attracted to the south end so they stick and the same poles repel

Answer 5

Yes. They do attract provided their unlike poles are facing each other.

Answer 6

not all the time

Answer 7

Yes, sometimes.