Will these magnets attract or repel each other?

Every magnet has both a north and a south pole. When you place the north pole of one magnet near the south pole of another magnet, they are attracted to one another. When you place like poles of two magnets near each other (north to north or south to south), they will repel each other.

Which magnets attract and which repel?

All magnets have north and south poles. Opposite poles are attracted to each other, while the same poles repel each other. When you rub a piece of iron along a magnet, the north-seeking poles of the atoms in the iron line up in the same direction.

How do spherical magnets work?

Spherical Magnets (or ball magnets) which have a polarity configuration similar to the earth. Two or more of these strong magnets will attach like beads (without thread) creating an invisible linked chain.

Can magnetic forces both attract and repel?

Magnetic forces are non contact forces; they pull or push on objects without touching them. Magnets are only attracted to a few ‘magnetic’ metals and not all matter. Magnets are attracted to and repel other magnets.

Why do some magnets repel each other?

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.

Is spherical magnet possible?

If you have a spherical electric charge, you get a spherical electric field. So this means that there is no such thing as a purely spherical magnetic field. In the spherical magnetic Brent mentions, there would be a sphereical magnetic field between the core and the surface, so you can’t make a magnet like that.

Does a spherical magnet have a north and south pole?

If the ink mark is down against the point of contact with the bar magnet south pole, the wax or ink mark on the spherical magnet is the north magnetic pole of the spherical magnet, and its opposite spherical pole is the magnetic south pole.

Why do two magnets attract each other?

When two like-poles point together, the arrows from the two magnets point in OPPOSITE directions and the field lines cannot join up. Unlike-poles attract: When a north pole and south pole point together, the arrows point in the SAME direction so the field lines can join up and the magnets pull together (attract).

Why do like magnets repel?

Can magnets repel metal?

When magnets are placed near each other, opposite poles attract and like poles repel one another. That alignment dissipates once the magnetic field is removed and therefore, the only way for a metal to be repelled by a magnet is if it’s first magnetized to the opposite pole.