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If you break a magnet into four pieces what will be the magnetic properties of each piece?
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How does breaking a magnet change its magnetic properties?
There is no reversal of polarity when a magnet is broken. If you break a magnet, labeled N--S, into two, then you end up with two magnets of N--S and N--S.
Is it possible to break a magnet into two pieces so one of the pieces has just one pole?
No. What you are asking after is the elusive concept of the mono-pole, which has successfully eluded scientists for about eighty years, if not more.
When a magnet splits why does the polarity change?
The polarity of a magnet does not change if the magnet is cut into pieces. Each piece has the same polarity that it had before. In particular, if you break a bar magnet in half at the midline between the two poles, you will end up with two magnets N-S and N-S. No reversal of polarity occurs.
How many magnetic poles do the pieces have when you break a magnet in half?
The best way to describe this would be to think of a magnet as a series of legos.Imagine you have a stick of legos (those obnoxious 2 by 2 squares that can't be used for anything) stacked ten high.No matter how many times, or where, you break the Lego stick, you still end up with one end having bumps and the other having a gaping hole.The same is true for a magnet: at the smallest level, a magnet is a dipole, or a "particle", if you will, with one north side and one south side. Dipole stack on each other like legos in this metaphor we're using in such a way that, no matter where you break the magnet, you still have a dipole on the top pointing north and a dipole on the bottom pointing south.Now, there is a hypothetical concept known as a "monopole" (think of a magnet that's ONLY north or ONLY south, like thinking of a Lego brick with ONLY bumps or ONLY holes), but we've never seen one, and physicists doubt they exist.
What is a reed switch used for?
A reed switch uses two magnetized strips of metal to make or break a contact when a magnet is brought close to them. The door magnet near a reed switch on the door casing will cause the reed switch to close and moving the magnet away will cause the reed switch to open.
When you break the magnet then why they repls?
The magnetism of a permanent magnet is caused by the magnetic alignement of individual atoms in the crystal structure of the ferromagnetic material. You can break a magnet into thousands of pieces and each tiny piece is a magnet with north and south poles. Each piece will attract or repel any of the other pieces depending on how they are oriented to one another.
How does breaking a magnet change its magnetic properties?
There is no reversal of polarity when a magnet is broken. If you break a magnet, labeled N--S, into two, then you end up with two magnets of N--S and N--S.
If you break a magnet into two pieces what happens to its magnetic poles?
Think of the two ples of a magnet like two sides of a coin. One cannot exist without the other.
If you break a magnet in half what happens to the magnet?
If you break a magnet in half, each half gains a new pole. For example, you are holding a magnet in both hands with the north magnetic pole in your left hand and the south magnetic pole in your right hand. You break the magnet in half. The half that is in your left hand gains a new south magnetic pole and the half that is in your right hand gains a new north magnetic pole.
What happens to the poles if you break the magnet in half?
If you break a magnet in half, each half gains a new pole. For example, you are holding a magnet in both hands with the north magnetic pole in your left hand and the south magnetic pole in your right hand. You break the magnet in half. The half that is in your left hand gains a new south magnetic pole and the half that is in your right hand gains a new north magnetic pole.
If a bar magnet is broke in the middle and pieces are held near why do they repel did the bar magnet pieces flip poles when it broke?
sort of. magnetic fields in a bar magnet always run south to north. if you break it in half, that same S-->N direction still applies. in fact if you were to break it up into smaller & small pieces you would still have that relationship. that is to say, you wouldn't have a north only piece and a south only piece.
What happens when you break a magnet?
As you break a magnet, the remnant (broken piece) shall still remain a magnet with the same properties and poles. However, there is only so far a magnet can be broken. Visualize a magnet. Now imagine to have a knife that would keep cutting the magnet into half. It will reach a point that cutting the 'magnet' further would yield into a particle with no magnetic charge whatsoever. This is called a magnetic domain. Cutting a magnetic domain further would yield into a charge-less particle as it would be obviously incorrect to state that an atom of a magnetized steel bar would still remain a magnet.
What factors that cause permanent magnet not to generate?
Break in the circuit or loss of magnetic strength of the magnet can result in to no generation
When you break an iron magnet into two pieces you get what?
Two smaller magnets.
When you break a magnet in half how many poles do the pieces have?
A bar magnet has two poles, a north and a south. When you break a bar magnet into to pieces, you create two bar magnets, each with a north and a south pole. So the total number of poles will then be four.
What are Factors that causes a permanent magnet generator not to generate emf?
Either the break in the circuit or loss magnetic strength of the magnet - can result into no generation
Why do magnet get new poles when you break them?
This is a somewhat tricky question to answer. But you can basically imagine a magnet to be made up of a large amount of "elementary magnets", all of which have a north and a south pole, like this:(N---S) (N---S) (N---S) (N---S) The combined magnetic field is the combination of each of the individual magnetic field; and since each of those point in the same direction, in this case north to the left, the combined magnetic field will also have north to the left. If you break the magnet up, you will get smaller pieces, but the "elementary magnets" will still point in the same direction.
