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Is the magnetic field only found in the north pole?
There is only one location where this occurs, near (but distinct from) the geographic north pole. The geomagnetic north pole, a related point, is the pole of an ideal dipole model of the Earth’s magnetic field that most closely fits the Earth’s actual magnetic field.
Is it possible to have a magnetic with only 1 pole?
To our knowledge, it is not possible to produce a permanent magnet with only a single pole. Every magnet has at least 2 poles, a north and a south pole (see FAQ about north pole). They can’t be accumulated to a magnetic cluster that constitutes a monopole.
How many poles must a magnetic field have?
two poles
Magnets have two poles, a north pole and a south pole. The magnetic field is represented by field lines that start at a magnet’s north pole and end at the south pole. When most people think of magnetism, they think about the magnetic force experienced between two magnets.
Does a magnet only have two poles?
Though magnets each have a north pole and a south pole, according to the laws of physics, there’s no real reason why a monopole couldn’t exit.
Why do like poles repel?
Like poles of a magnet repel each other. This is because when the two magnets of like poles are kept facing each other the lines of forces are in opposite directions. When the unlike poles of a bar magnet face each other the magnetic lines of force are in the same direction and hence unlike poles attract each other.
Where is the magnetic field the weakest?
The magnetic field is weakest at the center and strongest between the two poles just outside the bar magnet. The magnetic field lines are densest at the center and least dense between the two poles just outside the bar magnet.
Do magnetic fields always go from north to south?
Magnetic field lines outside of a permanent magnet always run from the north magnetic pole to the south magnetic pole. The earth spins around the geographic poles, but magnetic compasses point to the magnetic poles.
Is Earth a permanent magnet?
The crust of the Earth has some permanent magnetization, and the Earth’s core generates its own magnetic field, sustaining the main part of the field we measure at the surface. So we could say that the Earth is, therefore, a “magnet.”
How magnetic field is created?
Magnetic fields are produced by moving electric charges and the intrinsic magnetic moments of elementary particles associated with a fundamental quantum property, their spin.
Why two poles are always produce if a magnet is breaking on?
Unlike poles of different magnets attract each other; like poles repel each other. Breaking a magnet in two does not isolate its north pole from its south pole. Each half is found to have its own north and south poles.
Why do same pole magnets repel?
When two like-poles point together, the arrows from the two magnets point in OPPOSITE directions and the field lines cannot join up. So the magnets will push apart (repel).