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Q: Why doesn't the magnet have to touch each object?
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How do you strengthen a magnet?

A magnet can be strengthened by aligning it with an oppositely charged magnet. They will attract to each other and the weakened magnet will be strengthened through the interaction.


Does a compass only have a north pole?

No, being a magnet, it has a north pole and a south pole. The two can't be separated in a magnet. If you cut the magnet in half, each half will still have a north pole and a half pole.No, being a magnet, it has a north pole and a south pole. The two can't be separated in a magnet. If you cut the magnet in half, each half will still have a north pole and a half pole.No, being a magnet, it has a north pole and a south pole. The two can't be separated in a magnet. If you cut the magnet in half, each half will still have a north pole and a half pole.No, being a magnet, it has a north pole and a south pole. The two can't be separated in a magnet. If you cut the magnet in half, each half will still have a north pole and a half pole.


What is a magnetic interaction?

A magnetic interaction is when magnets find a way to unite; interact with each other.


What happens to a magnet force when a bar magnet is cracked through the middle?

If a bar magnet is broken in half, each half is a magnet with its own north and south pole. The force used to break the magnet will also tend to partially demagnetize the magnet, although that might be a minor effect.


How do you explain why a magnet will not attract to a plastic paper clip?

When you place magnets on a pencil they will usually not touch each other, this is because of their magnetism. It means you've placed the magnets on sides similar to each other; a magnet has two sides, a positive and a negative. If you place a positive with a negative, they stick together, but when you place a positive with a positive, or a negative with a negative, then they will push against each other. And since the magnets on the pencil have little room to move, when they push against each other they don't touch, and they seem to float.

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How do you reset a maximum and minimum thermometer with magnet?

Touch each end


What is megnet?

a magnet is a metal thingy that can pull a metal object towards it


Do magnetics have to touch each other in order to experience a magnetic force?

it only depends on your magnet.


Does gravity have an effect on a magnet?

No. They are two seperate forces. (But their actions on an object may add or subtract from each other.)


What object moves away from a magnet?

magnets push away from each other.magnets attractsteel, nickel, iron, copper.


Do magnets have to touch each other in order to experience a magnetic force?

not always as the south pole of a magnet is magnetic yet it repels another south pole. :D


Why doesnt the mass of most object cause a force large enough to move object toward each other?

it does, gravity just inhibits it most of the time.


How do you levitate a magnet?

Have a magnet underneath it with opposite sides facing each other or hold a magnet over the magnet you are trying to levitate. Opposite sides facing each other


How magnets affect the balanced and unbalanced forces acting on an object?

It affects the way they interact with each other. it makes the first magnet go off. The other magnet will stay still and mess up the other. -Dylon Alexis Patrick


How does magnets affect the balanced and unbalanced forces acting on an object?

It affects the way they interact with each other. it makes the first magnet go off. The other magnet will stay still and mess up the other. -Dylon Alexis Patrick


How do you strengthen a magnet?

A magnet can be strengthened by aligning it with an oppositely charged magnet. They will attract to each other and the weakened magnet will be strengthened through the interaction.


What particle is responsible for a material magnetic properties?

Each atom acts like a tiny magnet. When the atoms are aligned, the magnets produce magnetism. When an iron or nickel material comes near the magnet, its atoms align with the different pole facing the magnet. For example, if the magnet's atoms have the North side facing away, then the iron object will have the South side facing the magnet. So then they attract.