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Q: What force operates when you use a bar magnet to pick up a paper clip?
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Why the bar magnet attracts the paper clip with more force?

probably because the paper clip weighs less against the magnet


Jeremy has a strong magnet He put a paper clip on his desk and held the magnet sixteen centimeters over the paper clip If the paper clip has a mass of 1 gram and the magnet exerts a force of 0.012?

12 m/s2


What is the introduction of a magnet next to a paper clip creates a unbalanced force?

Because the magnet is not the same force as the paperclip!


Can a magnet attract a paper clip with a card broad between which other?

No, a magnet will not be able to attract a paper clip that has a cardboard between them. The cardboard will act as a barrier, preventing the magnetic force from reaching the paper clip.


How come you can lift a paper clip with a magnet without touching it?

magnet attracts iron. paper clip made of iron magnet atrracts paper clip...


A magnet and a metal paper clip have the strongest magnetic attraction when the distance between them is?

Zero - that is, when they are touching. The strength of the magnetic force is inversely proportional to the square of the distance between the magnet and the paper clip.


What will happen to the paper clip when a sheet is placed between the bar magnet and the paper clip?

Magnetic filed of the bar magnet will penetrate a paper. Hence the clip will be attracted and stick to the magnet pressing the paper too to the magnet.


What does a magnent do to a paper clip?

The paper clip clings to the the magnet


WHICH IS MORE POWERFUL GRAVITY OR MAGNETISM?

Well, let's see. If I have a paper clip on a table and a magnet in my hand, and I slowly pass the magnet over the paper clip, the magnet in my hand is pulling the paper clip up with magnetism. If my magnet is close enough to the paper clip, the paper clip will jump up to the magnet ... even though the whole Earth is pulling it down with gravity.


How do paperclips stick to magnets?

They are kind of like a force around each other. They are negative and positive pulls. As you hold a paper clip to a magnet its an invisible field around the paperclip and the magnet. The paper clip also has magnet attracted metal so it will stick.


What is the effect of a paper clip on to a magnet?

Well, there are two poles to a magnet. A negative one and a positive one. Since metals are good conductors of charge and the paper clip is a metal object, they will attract. The charge of the paperclip is opposite the charge to one of the poles of the magnet.


If a paper clip is rubbed in one direction against a strong magnet what does the magnet cause to occur in the paper clip?

Aligns the electrons in the same direction