Magnetism Flashcards
The ability of a material to attract iron, cobalt or nickel
Magnetism
What type of magnet is the earth?
Natural
What type of magnet is a pierce of hard steel that has been artificially magnetized?
Artificial
Use temporary magnets produced by means of an electric current
Electromagnets
The lines of force in a magnetic field are called
Flux lines
Which way to flux lines travel inside the magnet?
South to north
Which way do flux lines travel outside the magnet?
North to south
1st law of Magnetism
Every magnet has 2 poles
2nd law of Magnetism
Like poles repel, unlike poles attract
3rd law of Magnetism
The force of attraction or repulsion between two magnetic poles varies directly as the strength of the poles and inversely as the square of the distance between them
The strength of the magnetic feild is measured in
Tesla
Not attracted to magnetic fields at all
Nonmagnetic
Weakly repelled by magnetic fields
Diamagnetic
Weakly attracted to magnetic fields
Paramagnetic
Strongly attracted to magnetic fields
Ferromagnetic
If 2 bar magnets are suspended in space, what would happen?
They would rotate and attract