Aiman Zylle R. Mosot Grade 10 Rizal Science 10 Mr. Romel S.

Villarubia

MAGNETIC
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT

A METAL IS(MOLECULAR LEVEL)

Some materials appear to attract other materials more strongly. This power is called
magnetism. Even before the discovery of electricity, scientists created compasses – tiny
strips of naturally occurring magnets that rotate to line up with the Earth’s magnetic field.
Since the field moves from south to north, the compass needle dependably point toward
the northern magnetic pole. Nowadays, we mass-produce magnets and see how they
work.
The ideas on how magnetics work really breaks right down to the atomic level.
When current flows in a wire, a magnetic field is created around it. Current is simply a
group of moving electrons and moving electrons make a magnetic field. This is how
electromagnets are made to work.
At the point when two metals are attracted to each other over space, either of them
is most likely to be magnetic. We may be most familiar with permanent magnets, which
are stronger magnets since they have iron in them. This type of magnetism is called
ferromagnetism. The Earth’s magnetic field is caused by the movements of the liquid
nickel-iron core of the planet and can be seen when tiny charged particles from the sun
collide into Earth’s atmosphere close to our planet’s magnetic shafts, making them
emanate light as they do as such.
The atoms that make up the molecules of all matter have a nucleus of neutrons and
protons. Circling around all the nuclei are electrons that convey a negative charge. The
shape of their orbits gives the atoms a directional introduction, and the orbital movement
causes a very weak magnetic field around the atom. Magnetic fields can be caused
whenever an electrical current is active, but they are strongest when the electrical current
is going in a circular or spiral path. Electromagnets utilize this property, so their attraction
can be turned on and off as the electrical current is turned on and off.
 Aiman Zylle R. Mosot Grade 10 Rizal Science 10 Mr. Romel S. Villarubia

Why breaking magnets into two still produces

little magnets having a north pole and a south pole

It might be very well normal to imagine that cutting a bar magnet in half will
separate the north and south poles, but it’s a wrong thought such that it doesn’t happen
anyway. Instead, it makes two smaller dipole magnets.

A magnet is a bundle of tiny magnets, called magnetic domains, which are jammed
together. Each one strengthens the magnetic fields of the others. Each one has a tiny
north and south pole. Cutting one in half will result to the formation of smaller pieces
with new north or south poles. Cutting smaller and smaller pieces will also result to get
thinner magnets, each with a new set of poles. The magnetic domains in a magnetic
material can be knocked loose, by bumping or vibrating the magnet. If knocked loose, the
domains are no longer arranged neatly, so they do not reinforce each other. If they are in
a random orientation, with their fields pointing all over the place, they cancel each other
out.

When a bar magnet is cut into two pieces, the magnetic moments are still aligned as
they originally were. In fact, this is the case for magnets of all shapes including rings and
horseshoes. If cut into two, these will still exhibit the properties of a standard dipole
magnet.