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What is so special about iron that makes each iron atom a tiny magnet?
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∙ 11y ago
It is plentiful, it is cheap to purify on an industrial scale, it is a strong metal useful for many things, by adding a few substances it becomes steel which is even stronger and has better properties.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt`s so special because it is the much attract to the magnet than other metal.
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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.
What parts of an atom produce magnetism?
Every atom with the electron(s) revolving - or "spining" - around the atom's nucleus is a little magnet itself. Electrons of all atoms in a piece of material revolve (spin) in all possible directions, the magnetic field produced be each atom-magnet cancel each other and there is no general magnetic field in the material. If under the influence of an external magnetic flux picture does not change the material is said to be non-magnetic. On the contrary, if under the influence of the external magnetic flux the electrons spinning allign in the direction of the flux, the magnetic field of every atom allign too and produce a general magnetic field - the material is magnetic.
What makes one atom of an element different from another?
The atomic number or z number or the number of protons is what makes one atom different from another. The atomic number or z number or the number of protons is what makes one atom different from another.
Why does a magnet exert a force on another magnet when the two magnets are not in contact?
because they love each other
Why cutting a magnet in half will create two magnets?
Yes, cutting a magnet in half will make two magnets, one out of each half. The explanation of this lies in what gives the magnet its magnetic properties. When a magnet is made, small "volumes" of the metal matrix become magnets. These little spaces (called magnetic domains) are comprised of an atom or a few dozen atoms that have their magnetic axes aligned. The whole magnet is this way. That is why breaking it in half won't disrupt the vast majority of the magnetic domains. Each half of the broken magnet becomes a new magnet with a north and south pole.
What particle in an atom makes each elements unique?
in an atom protone makes the each element unique
If every iron atom is a tiny magnet why aren't all iron materials themselves magnets?
The magnetic fields produced by each and atom is not aligned in the same direction and have random direction and thus they cancel each others magnetic field and thus the iron does not behave like a magnet
What makes atom spread out around a central atom?
the shared valence electron pairs repel each other.
How are magnets charged?
A temporary magnet is "charged" by aligning their electronic spins in one direction (each atom acts like a magnet this way, the the effect multiplies). It's what happens when you turn the power on an electromagnet.
Why poles of the magnet can't be separaed?
Magnets are related to electrical currents; the electrical current produces a symmetrical magnetic field, i.e., it has a north and a south part.In the case of a permanent magnet, each atom has a tiny magnet, with its own north pole and south pole.
What turns the particles in the flex mag sheet into a magnet?
Every substance is made up of tiny units called atoms. Each atom has electrons, particles that carry electric charges. Spinning like tops, the electrons circle the nucleus, or core, of an atom. Their movement generates an electric current and causes each electron to act like a microscopic magnet.
Can electrons collide with each other?
They can and they do, when outside an atom. Within an atom, it does not happen because each electron is within a very specific orbital that makes collisions impossible.
What is true about electric currents and magnets?
Sort of... In permanent magnets, magnetism is due to the movement of electrons around their atoms. Each atom is a small magnet, and there are more atoms aligned in one direction than in the other. If you consider the electron orbiting around the atom, or "spinning around its axis" as a "current", then yes.
What about silver makes it so conductive?
The loosely bound electrons in each atom's outer shell.
What makes an atom unique?
Its atomic number. It tells you the number of protons it has. Each atom has its own unique amount of protons. The protons identify the element.
What makes one elemtn different from another?
The atoms of each element have a number of protons that is unique to each element. The number of protons makes one atom different from another.
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
