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Research Paper On Magnets

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Levitating is not only for magicians, but for magnets too. Scientist have been using magnetism to create levitation for years. Recently, they have advanced their technology and expanded their knowledge about magnetism and levitation and conformed them to be used in everyday life. Magnetic levitation can be broken down into so many different topics such as magnetism and levitation, but there is a much deeper meaning to magnetic levitation. A magnet is an object that has a magnetic field. It can attract heavy objects such as iron and steel. A magnet can be in many shapes and sizes. The word magnet came from the elderly Cretan shepherd, Magnes. He supposedly found a rock that had a strong magnetic force. In the rock was large amounts of lodestone. The most common magnet used today is the bar magnet. They can also be used in compasses. …show more content…

Magnetic levitation uses the natural repelling nature of the poles that are of the same kind to control levitation. This can come in many different forms and all made differently. One way is permanent magnets, which is the easiest of all the forms because it does not require any outside material to make the levitation, but it is not very controllable. Magnetism is the main component in the levitation act. Magnetism has been around ever since Earth was created. It is the force that is generated by the motion of electrons within its atoms. Earth spins and has gravity because of magnetism. It is created within the processes inside of earth, the core. Earths core is made of iron and ore that is constantly in a spinning motion which forms a pure magnetic force. Magnetism also creates north and south poles that the earth spins. The magnetism that earth gives off is called earths magnetic

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