What minerals are used to make magnets and how do they acquire that force?
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All normal matter is composed of particles such as protons, neutrons and electrons, and all of these have the fundamental property of quantum mechanical spin. Spin gives each one of these particles an associated magnetic field. Because of this, and the fact that the average microscopic piece of matter contains huge numbers of these particles, it would be expected that all matter would be magnetic. Even antimatter would have magnetic characteristics. However, everyday experience shows that this is not the case.\n\nWithin each atom and molecule, the spin of each of these particles is highly ordered as a result of the Pauli Exclusion Principle. However, there is no long range ordering of these spins between atoms and molecules. Without long range ordering, there is no net magnetic field because the magnetic moment of each one of the particles is cancelled by the magnetic moment of other particles.\n\nPermanent magnets are special in that long range ordering does exist. The highest degree of ordering exists within magnetic domains. These domains can be likened to microscopic neighbourhoods in which there is a strong reinforcing interaction between particles, and as a result, a great deal of order. The greater the degree of ordering within and between domains, the greater the resulting field will be.
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http://www.scitoys.com/scitoys/scitoys/magnets/gauss.html\n\nAll the details, tips, and materials you will need. I had great fun experimenting with my first one, making it longer, adding more magnets, larger magnets and bearings etc. I managed to get hold of some great magnets and bearings the same size as a pool ball. \n\nI won't go into detail about what happened to my bedroom wall with that one though, it's another story.\n\nHope you like the site and have fun.\n\nPete.
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Try this. Iron when combined with other metal elements becomes non-magnetic, yet with varying of the same elements is quite attracted to the magnet.Name the divisions of the metals and explain why.
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Why do magnets work? \nMagnetism is an invisible force felt within the space around a magnet.  This space, called the magnetic field, can either attract (pull) or repel (push away) other magnets and some types of metal.\n\nAll magnets have two ends (poles).  These poles are opposites and are called the north and south poles.  Opposite poles attract, while like (similar) poles, repel.\n\nThe Earth’s core has its own magnetic field.  Magnetic north and south are near the geographic north and south poles.\n\nNASA has been experimenting with magnetic fluids for over 30 years. Magnetic fluids were made to help put fuel into a rocket engine. NASA was trying to solve the problem. of how to move fuel without gravity.  Tiny pieces of iron were put into the fuel. A magnet pulls the iron and could help get the fuel into the engine.\n\nMagnetic fluids are made by mixing pieces of metal in liquids to make a fluid that is very different from other liquids. It will stick to a magnet and can be directed by magnetic forces. Magnetic fields can shape the fluid, and magnetic fluids can change their thickness. They become hard around magnets.\n\nScientists have tried to use magnetic fluids to solve other problems. They’re used to make better computers. Scientists are still thinking of new ways to use the fluids.\n\nYou may use magnetic fluids!  Some cars have them in their shock absorbers. They are used in some buildings and bridges. The fluids help protect structures from damage from earthquakes or strong winds. There is still a lot to learn about these magnetic fluids. NASA is using the Space Station to learn more about them. They hope to find new ways to use them. \n\nKSNN thanks NASAexplores as a source of information. For more information about this topic and additional teaching resources go to http://www.nasaexplores.com
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Antigravity, but that hasn't been proven.  Magnetism works when you have two magneticaly charged objects.
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Naturally occurring magnets are made of magnetite and iron pyrite. Some man made magnets are basically soft iron or iron powder mixed or molded into shapes and then magnetized. Some of them are called electromagnets and use ac current to create an electromagnetic field. The Earth itself is the largest naturally occurring magnet on the Planet.
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When talking about a magnet large enough to be handled (and broken), it can be thought of as a collection of smaller magnets.  These smaller magnets are all aligned from north to south poles on each end.  If you got two 1" x 1/2" magnets, and put them end to end, N to S, they would make a magnet double the length of the original, and the ends would attract.  If you take the now 2" magnet apart, you have two magnets.  In practice, this is exactly what happened when you broke the magnet.  The pieces are still magnetic, with a north and south pole.  Therefore if you take the 2 pieces and put north to north or south to south, they will repel, and vice versa if north to south, they will attract.  No one yet has found just a south pole, or just a north pole, and that causes a stir in the scientific community.  You can keep crushing the magnet to bits and the tiny fragments will still have a north and south pole, and act like tiny little bar magnets.
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prooly need ifrared thingy\ntry a industrial magnet
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Electromagnets are made out of metal that can easily be magnetized by applying DC voltage. Electromagnets do not occur naturally in nature but are manmade. Their magnetism can be turned on and off.\n\nPermanent magnets occur naturally in nature.
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One theory of why a material, capable of being magnetised, becomes magnetic (i.e., attracts ferrous material), is that the individual, but randomly distributed 'domains' within are lined up (by some exterior force - e.g., magnetic field from a coil,  'stroking' with an already magnetised piece of iron/streel, etc.), so that the domains line up. The summation of their individual magnetic fields effectively produces one large magnetic field in  the material and makes what we call a magnet!   Some materials, after this process, retain their magnetism and are called permanent magnets, others, such as relay cores, once the external force is removed, exhibit very little residual magnetism.
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Magnetic forces - magnetism - like force repel ( + to + or - to -)(repulsion) and opposite force attract (+ to -, - to +) (attraction).
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See the listing of suppliers given in the source below.  If you want to do magnetic separation, you'll want multi-domain particles, which means using particles *larger* than about 100 nm (depending on the material).
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Methods\n\n\nDiamagnetism\n\nA substance which is diamagnetic repels a magnetic field. Earnshaw's theorem does not apply to diamagnets since they behave in the opposite manner of a typical magnet (relative permeability μr < 1). All materials have diamagnetic properties, but the effect is very weak, and usually overcome by the object's paramagnetic or ferromagnetic properties. A material which is predominantly diamagnetic will be repelled by a magnet, although typical objects only feel a very small force. This can be used to levitate light pieces of pyrolytic graphite or bismuth above a moderately strong permanent magnet. As water is predominantly diamagnetic, this property has been used to levitate water droplets and even live animals, such as a grasshopper and a frog. The magnetic fields required for this are very high, however; in the range of 16 teslas, and create significant problems if ferromagnetic materials are nearby.\n\n\n\n\nSuperconductivity\n\nDue to the Meissner effect, a superconductor also expels magnetic fields (μr = 0), much better than a diamagnet. Due to this (and flux pinning) the magnet is held at a fixed distance from the superconductor or vice versa. This is the principle in place behind EDS (electrodynamic suspension) magnetic levitation trains.\n\n\nFeedback control systems\n\nIf the position and trajectory of the object to be levitated can be measured, the field of nearby electromagnets (or even the position of permanent magnets) can be continuously adjusted via feedback control systems to keep the levitated object in the desired position.\n\nThis is the principle in place behind common tabletop levitation demonstrations, which use a beam of light to measure the position of an object. The electromagnet (arranged to pull the ferromagnetic object upwards) is turned off whenever the beam of light is broken by the object, and turned back on when it falls beyond the beam. This is a very simple example, and not very robust. Much more complicated and effective measurement, magnetic, and control systems are possible.\n\nThis is also the principle upon which EMS (electromagnetic suspension) magnetic levitation trains are based. The train wraps around the track, and is pulled upwards from below.\n\n\nOscillating fields\n\nA conductor can be levitated above an electromagnet with a high frequency alternating current flowing through it. This causes any regular conductor to behave like a diamagnet, due to the eddy currents generated in the conductor. Since the eddy currents create their own fields which oppose the magnetic field, the conductive object is repelled from the electromagnet.\n\nThis effect requires high frequencies and non-ferromagnetic conductive materials like aluminium or copper, as the ferromagnetic ones are attracted to the electromagnet.\n\n\nHalbach arrays\n\nAnother way of stabilizing the repulsive effect is to use fields that move in space, rather than just time. This effect can be demonstrated with a rotating conductive disc and a permanent magnet, which will repel each other.\n\nThis is the principle of the Inductrack maglev train system, which avoids the problems inherent in both the EMS and EDS systems. It uses only permanent magnets (in a Halbach array) and unpowered conductors to provide levitation. The only restriction is that the train must already be moving at a few kilometers per hour (about human walking speed) to levitate. The energy for suspension comes entirely from forward motion, efficiency is good, and no extremely low temperature suspension magnets are required.\n\nHalbach arrays are also well-suited to magnetic levitation of gyroscope, motor and generator spindles.\n\n\nGyroscopic motion\n\nThe reason a permanent magnet suspended above another magnet is unstable is because the levitated magnet will easily overturn and the force will become attractive. If the levitated magnet is rotated, the gyroscopic forces from spinning and precession can prevent the magnet fro
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Strong and patented super magnets usually do not or never wear out and do not lose their magnetic charge so permanent use for a long period is guaranteed. Hard chromium coated magnets are known to be good.\n\nThere are also kinds of magnets  like an ordinary ceramic magnets which lose their magnetic charge with time or when exposed to heat. Just be careful in choosing the kind of magnet  itself.♥
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Around any magnet there is a magnetic field.  The magnetic lines of force start from North Pole of a magnet and go around the magnet and ends in the South Pole.\n\nIf any isolated unit North Pole placed in that field will go round the magnet along a line of force in the direction of North Pole to South Pole and reach the South Pole.\n\nA unit South Pole will move in opposite direction.\n\nTherefore if another magnet is placed near it, its north pole tend to go along the line of force i.e. from North Pole to South Pole whereas the South Pole moves toward the North Pole on the opposite direction. \nThis is the mechanism of repulsion.
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By "magnetize" i'm assuming you mean, induce a magnetic field.  Maxwell's equations say that the easiest way to induce a magnetic field is to run a current through the medium.  Therefore, if the water in question is charged (it has a current running though it and doesn't have 0 charge) it should contain a magnetic field.  It is important to note, though, that the field does not belong to the water but the current running through it.
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Obviously, Cobalt, Iron & Nickel.But its the alloy Alnico used to make permanent magnets.