Hi all.
A couple of square iron bars, say 1/4" , say 20" long, say spaced a couple of inches.
A magnet (M) across the left end :
N=========================
M
S=========================
Should at the right end of the bars appear the same N, S polarity ?
If so, placing another magnet at the right end in the same orientation as the one at the left end (N on top, S down) would be repelled by the right end of the bars.
Well, it does not. It sticks to the bars in any orientation. Why?
Miguel
Magnet attraction and repulsion...
Magnet attraction and repulsion...
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Re: Magnet attraction and repulsion...
You have not accounted for the flux leakage betweenExternet wrote:Hi all.
A couple of square iron bars, say 1/4" , say 20" long, say spaced a couple of inches.
A magnet (M) across the left end :
N=========================
M
S=========================
Should at the right end of the bars appear the same N, S polarity ?
the poles along the length of the rods.
Try placing a sheet of paper over the magnet and
rods and sprinkling iron filings. If you gently tap
the paper the iron filings will align with the flux
lines. Most of the magnetic attraction will be near
the magnet, weakening towards the far end of
the rods.
Place the second magnet in "poles opposing" to the
first one at the open end of the rods. You should
see a null halfway down the rods as the two magnet's
fields cancels.
What are you trying to achieve?
Hi Miguel,
A north pole always seeks a south pole, and vice versa.
This means magnets placed pole to pole (notice i did not
say 'end to end') will always stick together such that
N goes to S and S goes to N. That's the way it is, period.
If this is not working for you, then there is either something
wrong with the way the poles orientations are being assumed,
or else one of the magnets is weaker than the other and
is acting like a piece of metal rather than a magnet.
Be aware that some magnets that are long have poles
that are not at the ends, but rather on two opposite sides.
It all depends on what direction they were facing when
magnetized.
A north pole always seeks a south pole, and vice versa.
This means magnets placed pole to pole (notice i did not
say 'end to end') will always stick together such that
N goes to S and S goes to N. That's the way it is, period.
If this is not working for you, then there is either something
wrong with the way the poles orientations are being assumed,
or else one of the magnets is weaker than the other and
is acting like a piece of metal rather than a magnet.
Be aware that some magnets that are long have poles
that are not at the ends, but rather on two opposite sides.
It all depends on what direction they were facing when
magnetized.
LEDs vs Bulbs, LEDs are winning.
Re: Magnet attraction and repulsion...
[quote="BigglezYou have not accounted for the flux leakage between
the poles along the length of the rods.
What are you trying to achieve?[/quote]
OK, the bars are supposed to act like a stretched horseshoe type magnet, where the poles appear near the tips. But not much action there.
There could be some 'losses' per distance which I have seen in books for free space yes, but inside a magnetic material, nope.
And the poles from (M) should have moved to one tenth the lenght of the right tips by the assembly. Does not seem like. (distance between centers of pole zones = 4/5 lenght of magnet)
Trying to achieve? Really nothing, trying to make a toy for a kid, a section of magnetic 'railroad' and a repelled car floating on it.
I have too many lazy rare earth magnets that could teach (or amaze) a kid...
Miguel
the poles along the length of the rods.
What are you trying to achieve?[/quote]
OK, the bars are supposed to act like a stretched horseshoe type magnet, where the poles appear near the tips. But not much action there.
There could be some 'losses' per distance which I have seen in books for free space yes, but inside a magnetic material, nope.
And the poles from (M) should have moved to one tenth the lenght of the right tips by the assembly. Does not seem like. (distance between centers of pole zones = 4/5 lenght of magnet)
Trying to achieve? Really nothing, trying to make a toy for a kid, a section of magnetic 'railroad' and a repelled car floating on it.
I have too many lazy rare earth magnets that could teach (or amaze) a kid...
Miguel
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Speaking of magnets and north and south poles, I just read that a compass is useless for finding your way on Mars as Mars has no magnetic field. So much for assumptions that I've had about planets! The Mars Sojourner had to get a fix on the sun and know the precise time of the Martian day in order to know where "north" was.
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Hello Al.
The 2 magnets are identical, poles marked with a compass as reference; rods are identical from the hardware store; and no matter how they are oriented respect to each other, they stick to the rods. Sliding them closer together to any position along the rods behaves the same!
N====================N
S====================S
====N==N==============
====S==S==============
My daughter borrowed my camera and will not have it back for a few days, just visualize a perfectly placed symmetric array.
One of dozens of related sites:
http://www.coolmagnetman.com/magtrain.htm
Miguel
The 2 magnets are identical, poles marked with a compass as reference; rods are identical from the hardware store; and no matter how they are oriented respect to each other, they stick to the rods. Sliding them closer together to any position along the rods behaves the same!
N====================N
S====================S
====N==N==============
====S==S==============
My daughter borrowed my camera and will not have it back for a few days, just visualize a perfectly placed symmetric array.
One of dozens of related sites:
http://www.coolmagnetman.com/magtrain.htm
Miguel
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