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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |When [[Magnetic Domain|magnetic domains]] are aligned the [[object]] has an external [[Magnetic Field|magnetic field]] so it acts like a [[magnet]]. | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |When [[Magnetic Domain|magnetic domains]] are aligned the [[object]] has an external [[Magnetic Field|magnetic field]] so it acts like a [[magnet]]. | ||
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |When the [[Magnetic Domain|magnetic domains]] are not aligned there is no external [[Magnetic Field|magnetic field]] because the effect of the [[Magnetic Domain|magnetic domains]] cancels out. | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |When the [[Magnetic Domain|magnetic domains]] are not aligned there is no external [[Magnetic Field|magnetic field]] because the effect of the [[Magnetic Domain|magnetic domains]] cancels out. | ||
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Revision as of 10:15, 4 March 2019
Contents
Key Stage 3
Meaning
A permanent magnet is an object with its own magnetic field that remains there even when there are no other external magnetic fields.
About Permanent Magnets
- A bar magnet is a permanent magnet.
- Permanent magnets are used in a electrical motors.
Key Stage 4
Meaning
A permanent magnet is an object with its own magnetic field that remains there even when there are no other external magnetic fields.
About Permanent Magnets
- A bar magnet is a permanent magnet.
- Permanent magnets are used in a electrical motors.
- A magnet is made of several small magnetic domains which are regions in the magnet which act as smaller magnets. In a permanent magnet these magnetic domains are fixed in place and need energy to change their magnetic direction.
- A permanent magnet can only lose its magnetic field under certain conditions:
- When it is struck with a sudden force.
- When it is heated.
- When an extremely strong external magnetic field is applied.
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| When magnetic domains are aligned the object has an external magnetic field so it acts like a magnet. | When the magnetic domains are not aligned there is no external magnetic field because the effect of the magnetic domains cancels out. |