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Connect a long, thin piece of copper wire to the ends of your battery. (Long and thin so it won't burn up before you use it.)

Then wave the nail back and forth fast many time very very near the wire. Two things happen.

1. Electricity is generated in the nail

2. The iron in the nail slowly takes on magnetism

You get better result if your wind many many turns of copper wire around, say, a pencil, so you have a coil, and wave the nail back forth near the coil.

Also, you can point a nail north, and tap on it with a hammer, or something, and the iron in the nail eventually will become magnetized. This happens to ships at sea, and they sometimes have to be deGuassed in a huge drydock. DeGuassing is a method to remove magetism.

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Can you make a temporary magnet by hammering a nail with a hammer?

Yes, by hammering a nail with a hammer, you can align the atoms in the nail in a way that creates a temporary magnetic field. This process is sometimes used to temporarily magnetize a nail for specific tasks, but the magnetism will fade over time.


Where is Reva placed an iron nail close to a magnet. What happened?

When Reva places an iron nail close to a magnet, the magnet's magnetic field induces magnetism in the nail. This causes the nail to become a temporary magnet, aligning its own magnetic domains with the external magnetic field. As a result, the nail is attracted to the magnet and will stick to it until removed from the magnetic field.


When you take a nail and a paperclip and they stick together on a magnet then take the magnet away the nail and paperclip still stick together what is that called?

However, if you bring a magnet near a piece of iron, such as a nail,and the paperclip. If the paperclip does not fall then the magnetic field has the iron nail. The result is a temporary magnet called an 'electromagnet'. The magnets either stick together or are suspended in midair


When you touch a magnet to a steel nail the nail attracts steel paper clips. Explaine why this does not happen when you use an aluminum nail?

it wouldn't be magnet to a aluminum nail because the aluminum is not a way of magnet and a steel nail would because steel is a way of magnet.


What is a nail wrapped around a wire and connected to a battery called?

It is called an electromagnet. When electric current flows through the wire, a magnetic field is created, turning the nail into a temporary magnet.

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How can a temporary magnet be made from a ferromagnetic material?

Yes, you will create a temporary magnet. EX: if you put and nail next to an iron magnet, the nail will be temporarly magnetic.


What kind of magnet is a magnetized nail?

A magnetized nail is a temporary magnet, known as an induced magnet. It becomes magnetized when it comes into contact with a permanent magnet, aligning its magnetic domains in the same direction. This temporary magnetism can be lost if the nail is no longer in contact with a permanent magnet.


Why does an iron nail behaves like temporary magnet if insulated copper wire is wound around it?

which end of a magnet will pick up an iron nail?


Can you make a temporary magnet by hammering a nail with a hammer?

Yes, by hammering a nail with a hammer, you can align the atoms in the nail in a way that creates a temporary magnetic field. This process is sometimes used to temporarily magnetize a nail for specific tasks, but the magnetism will fade over time.


What must a nail be contained within to become a temporary magnet?

A magnetic field.


When a magnet touch an iron nail does the nail becomes a temporary magnet?

The magnetic field would propagate through the material and extend itself for the length of the magnetic material in contact. As long as there is contact there is no pole present. When contact is broken the pole would be the opposite to the pole it was in contact with


How can temporary magnets be formed by nails?

Temporary magnets can be formed by nails through the process of induction. When a nail is rubbed against a permanent magnet, the domains in the nail align in the direction of the magnetic field, creating a temporary magnet. Once the magnetic field is removed, the domains in the nail revert to their original random alignment.


Where is Reva placed an iron nail close to a magnet. What happened?

When Reva places an iron nail close to a magnet, the magnet's magnetic field induces magnetism in the nail. This causes the nail to become a temporary magnet, aligning its own magnetic domains with the external magnetic field. As a result, the nail is attracted to the magnet and will stick to it until removed from the magnetic field.


Can you charge steel with a magnet and can the steel have a temporary magnetic field?

If we take a steel nail and tap it with a magnet in the same way a bunch of times, the magnet will align some of the magnetic domains in the nail. The nail will then have become a permanent magnet. The magnetic strength of the nail will not be great like the magnet that created it, but it will be present and will be permanent. The nail could then be used to pick up iron filings just as the magnet could be used to do that.


How to make a temporary magnet?

First, you get a long wire (12 inches). Then, you get a nail and wrap the wire around the nail, but leave at least 1 inch of wire on each side. The use the ends of the wire and put it on the big magnet and it will pick up magnetic things.


How do you make a temporary magnet?

To make a temporary magnet, you can rub a piece of iron or steel with a permanent magnet. This process aligns the magnetic domains in the material, creating a temporary magnetic field. To enhance the temporary magnetism, you can increase the number of times you rub the material with the permanent magnet.


When you take a nail and a paperclip and they stick together on a magnet then take the magnet away the nail and paperclip still stick together what is that called?

However, if you bring a magnet near a piece of iron, such as a nail,and the paperclip. If the paperclip does not fall then the magnetic field has the iron nail. The result is a temporary magnet called an 'electromagnet'. The magnets either stick together or are suspended in midair