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Magnetic Fields around Magnets

Magnetic Fields around Magnets

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Arbor Scientific There have been 0 comments

Students will make observations of bar and horseshoe magnets, using iron filings or magnetic chips to map the field. The filings will be close together where the field is strong, and farther apart where it is weak. Lines will form, following the lines of the field, from the north pole to the south.
Required Equipment Bar Magnets, Horseshoe Magnet, Magnetic Chips, Transparency Sheets
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Steel Horseshoe Magnet with Keeper

Steel Horseshoe Magnet with Keeper
Product # P8-1128

$3.95

Magnetic Chips 50g/vial

Magnetic Chips 50g/vial
Product # P8-1140

$12.00

Pair of Zinc Plated Steel Bar Magnets

Pair of Zinc Plated Steel Bar Magnets
Product # P8-1125

$8.90

The "Transparent Sheets" required for this lab is readily available at your office or school supply store. Each lab group would need one sheet.

This post was posted in Labs, Electricity & Magnetism and was tagged with iron filings, magnetic fields, magnets, poles

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