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Great question. The Earth has a magnetic field but it is not strong enough to overcome the other forces affecting pieces of iron. But if you wanted to make a super-accurate weighing scale, you would avoid iron for its hanging parts. And every steel can in your kitchen is magnetized from sitting in the Earths magnetic field. Put a compass needle close to a can of beans and see!
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Are bar magnets stronger than horseshoe magnets?
There are some variables like what the magnet is made of and how it was initially magnetized. If a bar magnet is bent into a horseshoe shape to make a horseshoe magnet, the magnetic field will be more dense (stronger) across the gap of the horseshoe magnet than it would have been anywhere around the bar magnet from which it was made. And since magnets are strongest at their poles, horseshoe magnets can use both their poles at once while bar magnets can only use one pole at a time.
How should you usually control variables in an experiment?
act like a huge turd!
Can an amphoteric compound act like an acid and a base?
Am amphoteric substance can react as a base but also as an acid.
What is the importance of hypothesis in science?
An hypothesis is an idea, notion, conjecture, assertion or statement about reality. The activity we call science is about putting forward and testing hypotheses. For example, you could test your notion that nickel might be magnetic by putting it near a magnet. If it was clearly attracted, you could suggest that "nickel is magnetic" was not just an hypothesis but a fact. If not, you might test with an even stronger magnet, and so on. Testable hypotheses, especially those that help to explain why things act the way they do, are important because they prompt activities which can improve scientific knowledge.
What is an inquiry?
An inquiry is a thought or question that you would like to have answered.
Where do magnet forces act?
Magnetic forces act between objects that have a magnetic field, such as between two magnets or between a magnet and magnetic material like iron. The forces are strongest at the poles of the magnets and decrease with distance.
How does the process of magnetizing iron work?
When iron is exposed to a magnetic field, its atoms align in the same direction, creating a magnetic field in the iron. This alignment makes the iron act like a magnet, attracting or repelling other magnetic materials.
How an iron nail can be made into a magnet using stroke method?
To magnetize an iron nail using the stroking method, you can stroke the nail with one end of a magnet in a consistent direction many times. This allows the domains in the iron to align in the same direction, creating a magnetic field in the nail. The nail will then act like a magnet with a north and south pole.
Why doesn't a normal piece of magnet act like a magnet?
coz i dont know
What types of materials behave like iron when place in to magnetic field?
Elements that are paramagnetic can act like iron when placed in a magnetic field. This is because of the presence of unpaired electrons in their valence shell. For example, liquid oxygen can have some magnetic properties (attracted to the magnet) when poured between the poles of a magnet.
Why aren't all iron materials permanent magnets?
When a magnet or iron piece is watched under a powerful microscope we will obseve that a magnet or iron is made up tiny tiny pieces which cannot be further divided realistically such small pieces are known as domains. In a magnet all domains are in the same direction due to which it attracts iron. While in a iron these domains are arranged randomly which nullify its magnetism. When a magnet is brousht near an iron matrial all the domains get attracted to the magnet due to which domains in iron get arranged in a particular direction due to wich at that time they act as magnets but as soon as the magnet gets farther the domains again arrange them selves randomly due to which tey do not remain permanent magnets
A magnet attracts a piece of iron and the iron can then attract another piece of iron .What is the basis of this attraction?
When an iron piece is quite away from the magnet ,i.e, not present in magnetic field of the magnet then the iron piece is in neutral state ,i.e, there is no north & south pole . But , as soon as the iron piece interacts with magnetic field of magnet ,i.e, near to the magnet then the north pole of magnet make the nearer part or end of the iron piece south pole & simultaneously other part of iron becomes north pole . Similarly if south pole of the magnet interacts with iron piece then that end/part becomes north pole & other end becomes north pole . Now this iron piece has north & south pole .So iron piece is now converted into magnet which can attract other iron pieces in similar way as explained before .
How do water act like little magnet?
because its connected to the oxygen
Why does water have a lopsided and act like a chemical magnet?
lol not giving the answer to anyone
If you bring a bar magnet close to the first iron nail can the first iron nail attract and lift a second nail?
Yes, when you bring a bar magnet close to the first iron nail, it will induce magnetism in the nail, making it act like a magnet. This induced magnetism can attract and lift a second nail, as long as the second nail is made of a ferromagnetic material like iron. The strength of the attraction will depend on the magnetism induced in the first nail and the distance between the two nails.
Can iron be made into a permanent magnet?
take a block of iron and then coil some wire around it, then attatch it to a power source and your iron block will act as a magnet due to the magnetic field produced by the coil. the more coils you have, the stronger the magnet and vice versa. in order to create a strong magnet you'll need to produce around 8 or 9V of electricity, so a standard 9V battery should work fine.
What is called when you get iron objects to act like magnets?
Ferromagnetism
