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DaKillerbunnny- Posts : 3
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Orcworm- Owner
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Short answer: there are 2 poles on earth, magnetic energy happens because electrons repel each other, and they move much faster through some materials, therefore, if you have an iron bar with 2 electrons (Obviously it would have a LOT more, but lets make this simple.) the iron bar would have a balance, where electrons do not move. At the point when you get an iron bar with 200 electrons near the first one, the electrons will move, since the great amount of electrons would repel the 2 of the original one, making the end of the bar near the other one a neutral one while the one away would be a charged one. Now about how magnets actually work; magnetic fields are created by the movement of electrons. It's pretty easy to build a magnet nowadays, since you just need to "add electricity" to a conductive material, but back in the time when the Greeks found out about them, the only source of magnetism existing was the poles.
If your physics assignment asks for how the poles on earth were created, I suggest you go to the long answer link.
Short answer: there are 2 poles on earth, magnetic energy happens because electrons repel each other, and they move much faster through some materials, therefore, if you have an iron bar with 2 electrons (Obviously it would have a LOT more, but lets make this simple.) the iron bar would have a balance, where electrons do not move. At the point when you get an iron bar with 200 electrons near the first one, the electrons will move, since the great amount of electrons would repel the 2 of the original one, making the end of the bar near the other one a neutral one while the one away would be a charged one. Now about how magnets actually work; magnetic fields are created by the movement of electrons. It's pretty easy to build a magnet nowadays, since you just need to "add electricity" to a conductive material, but back in the time when the Greeks found out about them, the only source of magnetism existing was the poles.
If your physics assignment asks for how the poles on earth were created, I suggest you go to the long answer link.
Orcworm- Owner
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Well...that ruined it...
Pete- Posts : 3194
Join date : 2010-12-22
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Location : Santiago, Chile
Don't force me to poke you, Orc.