19 — Magnetism Flashcards

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Magnetic materials

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Materials that r attracted to a magnet
Iron, steel, nickel, cobalt

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Properties of magnets

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  1. The region where the magnetic attraction is the strongest is known as the poles of a magnet.
  2. A freely suspended magnet will always point n the North direction (North Pole of magnet to geographic North Pole, but GNP is actually a South Pole)
  3. All magnets obey the law of magnetism
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Law of magnetism

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Like poles repel, unlike poles attract

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How to determine whether metal bar (unknown) is a magnet?

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Bring a real magnet near object and see if it repels.

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Induced magnetism (temporary)

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  1. Induced magnetism using a strong magnet — placing a strong magnet near obj. Temporary magnet.
  2. Stroking method. (Single or double stroke)
  3. Using an electric current — placing obj in a solenoid (coil of wire)
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Methods of demagnetisation

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  1. Heating and hammering
  2. Using an electric alternating current
    -> place magnet in east-west direction in a solenoid carrying an alternating current then gradually reduce current to 0A. When the current is flowing, remove the magnet away from the solenoid. Repeat this action a couple of times.
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Why magnets will lose its magnetism over time

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  1. Long periods of heat
  2. Influence of nearby magnetic fields
  3. Heating/dropping -> atomic magnets vibrate and settle in preferred orientation -> out-of-alignment -> lose magnetism
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Storing magnets + how it works

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Using soft iron keepers + diagram mem
1. Magnetic field retained within iron keepers to preserve strength
2. Reduce strong magnetic fields of stored magnets
3. Prevent unwanted magnetic materials from being attracted.

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Magnetic field

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A magnetic field is a region in which the force of magnetism acts on a magnetic object

It has both magnitude (strength) and direction and can be represented by lines of force. (Arrow pointing towards South)

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Determining magnetic field pattern for a bar magnet

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  1. Iron filling method
    (i) Place magnet below a card.
    (ii) Sprinkle some iron filings on top of the card.
    (iii) Tap the card a little.
    (iv) Iron filings will form a pattern which is the magnetic field pattern for the magnet.
  2. Plotting compass method
    Advantage: tells the direction of magnetic field
  3. Place a small compass next to the wire or magnet and mark the position of the tip and tail of the compass on the piece of paper.
  4. Place the tail of the compass on the previously marked tip until a full semicircle is marked and drawn.
  5. Move the compass to a position further away from the magnet or wire and repeat the process to draw the magnetic field lines.

Rmb diagrams

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Iron vs steel

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Iron: ‘soft’ as it is easy to magnetism it and loses its magnetism easily
Steel: ‘hard’ as it is more difficult to magnetise it and retains its magnetism for a longer period of time

Iron: requires only a weak magnetic field to magnetise
Steel: requires a strong magnetic field to magnetise

Iron: normally used as an electromagnet
Steel: normally used as a permanent magnet

Permanent magnets do not require the presence of an electric current or a permanent magnetic field to retain their magnetism

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How to increase strength of electromagnets

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  1. Increasing the number of turns of coils
  2. Increase current by adding more batteries
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Uses of electromagnet

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  1. Electric bell
    (Iron core as electromagnet instead of steel core. Since steel retains magnetism for a longer period of time, it will attract the hammer, opening the circuit and thus causes the bell to ring only once)
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Uses of permanent magnets

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  1. Compasses
  2. Magnetic door catches
  3. Loudspeakers
  4. Electric meters
  5. Motors
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Explain why the magnet is attracted to the iron plate.

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The iron plate is a magnetic material which becomes an induced magnet when placed in a magnetic field provided by the bar magnet.
The magnetic field from the magnet aligns the randomly arranged domains within the iron plate facing the bar magnet’s North Pole to become an induced South Pole ‘S’ and the opposite side becoming an induced North Pole ‘N’.

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State 2 conditions required for a particle to experience a force in a magnetic field

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  1. The particle must be charged and moving
  2. Charged particle must not be moving in directions parallel to the magnetic field lines.
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Explain why the iron ring is attracted to the bar magnet. [2]

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Iron is a magnetic material. The left side of the ring is induced to be an S-pole which is attracted to the N-pole of the magnet.

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Magnetic induction

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is the process whereby an object made of a magnetic material becomes a magnet when it is near or in contact with a magnet

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Magnetic domain

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A group of atomic magnets pointing in the same direction

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Soft ferromagnetic materials

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Are magnetic materials which are easily magnetised but do not retain their magnetism

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Hard ferromagnetic materials

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Magnetic materials which are harder to magnetise but retains their magnetism

22
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State effect of increased current on pattern of magnetic field lines

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More field lines and distance between each field lines is reduced due to the stronger magnetic field around the wire.

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Explain why the paper clips fall off when a small piece of soft iron is placed inside the box.

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Due to magnetic shielding, magnetic field lines are confined and concentrated inside the soft iron bar.

Paper clips lose induced magnetism thus not attracted to the magnet.