EXPERIMENT 41
EXPERIMENT 42
Magnetism
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TIP!
Keep your other magnets
at least one meter away,
so they don’t interfere
with your experiments!
WHAT’S HAPPENING
The sideways movement of the ring magnet
is transferred to the bar magnet via the
magnetic field, and makes the bar magnet
start rotating. If you keep giving it a push
with the ring magnet at just the right mo-
ment, the rotation gets faster.
This is the same principle by which elec-
tric motors work: They contain magnets
that are set into a spinning motion by
other magnets.
The bar magnet dangling on the
string is extraordinarily mobile.
That makes it handy for this fun
experiment.
HERE’S HOW
As you did in the last experiment,
suspend the two bar magnets with
the cord from the hanger arm.
Now move the ring magnet past
the suspended bar magnet from a
certain distance away.
If you coordinate the movements
of the ring magnet and the pair of
bar magnets skillfully enough, you
will be able to get the bar magnets
to rotate rapidly.
Dancing magnets
Hanging magnets
HERE’S HOW
Mount the hanger arm on the base. Hang the
cord with rings from the hook by the small
ring. Insert the two bar magnets into the large
ring so they stick tightly to each other.
Wait for the bar magnet to stop swinging.
Now you can move one of the ring magnets
toward it and test the sensitivity of your
device.
As you have already seen in
several experiments, mag-
nets have a definite
response to other magnets.
You can use this knowledge
to build a very sensitive
detection device for mag-
netic forces.
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Because the magnets are sus-
pended in a way that lets
them move freely, they can
even react to weak magnetic
forces by turning their at-
tractive pole toward the oth-
er magnet.
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