For the permanent magnet shown below, draw its magnetic field lines. -----------
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Question
For the permanent magnet shown below, draw its magnetic field lines.-------------------------------
|N S|
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What happens to the North and South poles if you break the magnet in half?
Label the appropriate North and South ends for each half. What if you break each piece in half again? And again and again until you get what the Greek Atomists called "the indivisible" or "the atom"? Can each 'atom
Act as a magnet? Use an arrow * to represent the magnetic dipole pair S-N. sketch the atomic dopile s inside of your original, unbroken magnet.
Explanation / Answer
If the magnet was broken the poles would be labeled as | N <--S | N <-- S| | N <-- S| N <-- S| , no matter how many times a permanent magnet is broken, each piece will always have a N & S pole because magnetic poles are always found in pairs and cannot be isolated. Yes, even one atom has a North and South pole.