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What type of magnet can only attract materials when it is touching another magnet?
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∙ 13y ago
Metals not magnetic, but permeable will become magnets when near or touching a permanent magnet. You can stroke some metals in the same direction repeatedly on a magnet and make it a magnet.
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What do magnets not attract to?
what will not attract to a magnet
Can steel can attract with south pole magnet?
Either pole of a magnet can attract steel.
What Three properties of a magnet?
1. Magnets attract iron and other ferromagnetic materials such as neodymium and cobalt. 2. Magnets attract or repel other magnets. 3. In addition one part of a magnet will always point north when allowed to swing freely.
Do seashell attract to a magnet?
No
Will a magnet attract aluminium foil?
No, aluminum is a non ferrous. Only ferrous metals can be attracted to a magnet.
Can magnets attract objects without touching them?
A magnet has a magnetic field around it. The magnetic field causes a magnetic force that can attract objects to the magnet.
How do magnets repeal?
This is because magnets have north and south poles, which attract and repel each other. Opposite sides of the magnet attract each other like a south pole of the magnet touching the north pole of another magnet, while the same sides of a magnet like a north pole of one magnet touching a north pole from another magnet.
Can a magnet attract a object with out touching it?
yes of course why not? magnet creates a force of fluxes that affects the objects around it. So its a topic of the intermediate
Do opposite poles attract on magnet?
Yes. The "north pole" of one magnet will attract the "south pole" of another. Opposite charges attract, likecharges repel.
The north pole of one magnet will attract the south pole of another magnet?
True
Is there a magnet only attract magnets?
all magnets attract ferrous metals (metals containing iron) and the opposite poles of another magnet.
Can one north side of a magnet attract to another north side?
No, the north side of a magnet only attracts to the south side of another magnet.
Will a north pole of a magnet against the north pole of another magnet attract or repel?
Repel.
How could you make this bar magnet rotate without touching it?
by keeping another magnet or attractive force
Why does a compass needle spin toward the magnet when yu put it near a magnet?
The compass is a magnet too; and magnets attract each other. More specifically, the north pole of one magnet is attracted by the south pole of another magnet.The compass is a magnet too; and magnets attract each other. More specifically, the north pole of one magnet is attracted by the south pole of another magnet.The compass is a magnet too; and magnets attract each other. More specifically, the north pole of one magnet is attracted by the south pole of another magnet.The compass is a magnet too; and magnets attract each other. More specifically, the north pole of one magnet is attracted by the south pole of another magnet.
Why do poles on a magnet attract and repel?
Poles on a magnet attract or repel because of the way the electrons line up. The electrons in the valence shells tend to line up on one side of the nucleus. The electrons have a negative charge and the nucleus has a positive charge. The negative charges in one magnet repel the negative charges in another magnet but attract the positive charges in another magnet.
Can you make a magnet float with another magnet of the opposite polarity?
No, opposite polarities attract, alike polarities repel.
