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When you use a bar to pick up small iron or steel why do you use the end of the magnet?
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Magnets have a polarity which is generated by exposing them to a stronger magnetic field during manufacture.
They can be polarized through any two faces on the magnet.
Typically long skinny magnets are magnetized end to end. Flat magnets are magnetized side to side.
Neodymium magnets are relatively strong, and frequently magnetized between flat faces.
The magnetic field is very weak on the sides, and very strong at the ends (faces that were polarized).
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What can pick up things that are made of iron?
an iron magnet.
Why can't a magnet pick up a dime?
Magnets only attract certain kinds of metals, mostly ferrous metals such as iron and steel, as well as pure nickel. US dimes are mostly made of copper with a small amount of nickel, not enough to be attracted to a magnet.
What part of a magnet would you pick up most iron filing?
the poles of the magnet can pick the most iron fillings. Take a magnet. Roll it into a piece of paper and scrub it in the sand, and you will find all the iron fillings connected to the poles..
Does paper have a large amount of iron in it?
Yes - if you can pick it up with a magnet, it has iron in it. That is why they call substances you can pick up with a magnet "ferromagnetic" - ferrous (the ferro part of ferromagnetic) is Latin meaning (roughly) "of iron", or "containing iron".
Can magnets attract iron filings?
Yes A magnet would help you separate a mixture of iron nails and iron screws because the magnet when you wave it over the iron nails it will pick them up and then you just wipe them off the magnet with a paper towel and then your iron screws are separated Answer: NO!!!! The magnet would pick up nails and screws equally if they were both made of iron and were the same weight. A magnet would pick up something lighter more easily, but unless all of your nails were one weight and all of your nails were another weight, the magnet would not be able to separate them.
How do you check tor steel?
The easiest way to check for steel is to use a magnet. A magnet is going to pick up steel and will not pick up metals that do not contain iron.
What are the metals that a magnet will pick up?
Iron and Nickel are two of them. You can say steel since it is mostly made of iron.
Seprate steel screws from brass screws?
A magnet will pick up the iron screws but not the brass.
What metals attract magnet?
No metals can attract a magnet. Only magnets can attract metals. (Believe me there is a difference). However the most common examples of metals which magnets would be able to pick up are Iron and Steel (steel is an alloy of Iron and Carbon)
What can pick up things that are made of iron?
an iron magnet.
Does a magnet determine whether or not a necklace is real or fake?
No. A magnet will indicate any ferromagnetic substance such as iron or steel but won't pick out copper or brass which may have been gold plated.
Why can't a magnet pick up a dime?
Magnets only attract certain kinds of metals, mostly ferrous metals such as iron and steel, as well as pure nickel. US dimes are mostly made of copper with a small amount of nickel, not enough to be attracted to a magnet.
How do you separate steel nail from brass screws?
Use a magnet. Brass is non ferrous and will not be attracted to the magnet.
What can be used to separate iron from aluminum?
Try a magnet. A magnet picks up iron. It does not pick up aluminum.
Can you charge steel with a magnet and can the steel have a temporary magnetic field?
If we take a steel nail and tap it with a magnet in the same way a bunch of times, the magnet will align some of the magnetic domains in the nail. The nail will then have become a permanent magnet. The magnetic strength of the nail will not be great like the magnet that created it, but it will be present and will be permanent. The nail could then be used to pick up iron filings just as the magnet could be used to do that.
What part of a magnet would pick up most iron filing?
the poles of the magnet can pick the most iron fillings. Take a magnet. Roll it into a piece of paper and scrub it in the sand, and you will find all the iron fillings connected to the poles..
What part of a magnet would you pick up most iron filing?
the poles of the magnet can pick the most iron fillings. Take a magnet. Roll it into a piece of paper and scrub it in the sand, and you will find all the iron fillings connected to the poles..
