Magnetism Flashcards

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Magnetic materials

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A material that is attracted by a magnet.

Nickel, iron, cobalt

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Magnetism

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The properties of attraction, possessed by magnets

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Magnet

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An object that makes a magnet field.

Lined up domains in the same directions.

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Domains

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Groups of atoms inside magnetic materials, that act like tiny magnets

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Core

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A magnetic material put inside a coil to make an electromagnet

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Magnet field line

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The lines that iron filings make when they are in a magnetic field

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Electromagnets

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A coil of wire with an iron core and a current through the wire

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Magnet field

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The area a magnet is affected by a magnetic force

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Poles

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The parts of a magnet where the magnetic effects are the strongest.

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Magnetic force

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The force of repulsion or attraction between the poles of magnets.

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Coil

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Formed when a conductor is wound around a core or form to create an inductor or electromagnet

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