Name: Types of Magnets
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 4 min 46 s
Description: Magnets can be found in nature, or you can make one of your own. Man-made magnets are called artificial magnets. This video discusses both natural and artifi...

Question

Write two important properties of a magnet.

Accepted Answer

Directional property of the magnet: From the wooden stand, suspend a bar magnet with a string tied at its middle(centre of gravity) freely. The direction is north-south. Now rotate this magnet with your hand and leave it. After some time it again comes to rest in north-south direction. So we can say that a freely suspended magnet always comes to rest in the north-south direction. The end of the magnet pointing towards the north is called its North Pole and which points south is the South Pole of the magnet.

Attraction and repulsion: Two magnetic needles to be placed such that there is no movement. Find their north and south poles and mark them. Now place one magnet in your hand and bring its poles near the magnetic needles, from the observation, there is repulsion between similar poles (north-north, south-south). There is attraction between dissimilar poles that is north-south.

Write two important properties of a magnet.

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