Is the north pole of a magnet positive?

Answer 1

Magnetic north is negative and magnetic south is positive. The resulting magnetic field lines go from north to south. Mnemonic: north = negative.

Answer

The terms, 'positive' and 'negative', are generally applied to electric charges, not to magnetic poles. Having said that, 'magnetic therapists' use the terms 'positive' and 'negative' when referring to magnetic poles -however, their knowledge of magnetism appears very shaky!

Magnetic poles are normally identified as 'north' and 'south'. The 'direction' of a magnetic field, by convention, is the direction in which a compass needle would point when placed within that field -that is, from north to south.

Answer 2

conventionally where the flux leaves we take it positive,so therefor we take north pole as positive and as the the magnetic flux enters the south pole so therefor we take it as negative pole of the magnet.

Answer

The terms 'positive' and 'negative' apply to electric charges, and not to magnetic poles. The magnetic poles of a magnet are termed 'north' and 'south', and are named after the direction in which they point when the magnet is suspended.

Answer 3

It's important to realise that 'Magnetic North' is the name of a location, and not the magnetic polarityof that location. (Magnetic North is not a fixed location, but is constantly changing relative to True North.)

It's very important not to confuse these locations with the magnetic polarities of these locations.

The end of a magnet that points to Magnetic North (the location) was originally called the 'north-seeking' pole of a magnet. Over time, we have dropped the term 'seeking', and we now refer to it simply as the magnet's 'north' pole. For the magnet's north pole to be attracted towards Magnetic North, the magnetic polarity of that location must be south -because unlike poles attract.

So, the earth behaves like a giant bar magnet, with its south magnetic pole located at Magnetic North, and its north pole located at Magnetic South.

Answer 4

Not sure what is meant by positive or negative. The North Magnetic Pole of Earth will actually be a South pole of a giant magnet, because the north pole on a compass magnet attracts toward it.

Answer 5

Electric field lines begin on positive charges and end on negative charges, magnetic field lines are closed loops, extending from the south pole to the north pole and back again (or, equivalently, from the north pole to the south pole and back again).

Answer 6

No, the north pole of a magnet is not considered positive in terms of charge as it is a magnetic characteristic rather than an electric one. It is simply one of the two poles of a magnet, with the other being south.

Answer 7

Yes. A magnet needs two poles: Here the Earth has North and South magnetic poles. The Earth itself is the magnet. They do not coincide with the poles on the map.

Answer 8

What navigators and geographers refer to as 'magnetic north' is the point that a magnetic compass points.

It is, in actual fact, a south magnetic pole

Answer 9

I don't know. Positive.