AnswersDrive28th November 2019
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Can a magnet that has lost its strength be re magnetized?
Can a magnet that has lost its magnetism be re-magnetized? Provided that the material has not been damaged by extreme heat, most magnets can be re-magnetized back to their original strength.
What is the Curie temperature of Neodymium magnets?
Temperature Effects on Neodymium Iron Boron, NdFeB, magnets. The NdFeB magnets are the strongest magnets available. Up to +150 degrees C, they are stronger than the other Rare Earth magnet, SmCo. At around +150 degrees C and above these Neo magnets perform not as strongly as SmCo.
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Can a magnet lose its magnetism?
Modern magnet materials do lose a very small fraction of their magnetism over time. For Samarium Cobalt materials, for example, this has been shown to be less that 1% over a period of ten years. (Neo magnets will corrode in high humidity environments unless they have a protective coating.)
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How does a magnet loses its magnetism?
Yes, it is possible for a permanent magnet to lose its magnetism. There are three common ways for this to occur: 1) Via heat: ferromagnet materials will lose their magnetism if heated above a point known as the Curie temperature. Modern materials do not suffer this type of problem.
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Can you make a magnet stronger with electricity?
By simply wrapping wire that has an electrical current running through it around a nail, you can make an electromagnet. When the electric current moves through a wire, it makes a magnetic field. If you coil the wire around and around, it will make the magnetic force stronger, but it will still be pretty weak.
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Do magnets get stronger if you stack them?
When you stack two identical permanent magnets, you get roughly the strength of one twice the size. However, a magnet twice the size has to spread its magnetic energy over twice the volume, so the surface strength of the magnet is rarely significantly increased.
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Why do magnets lose their magnetism when dropped?
Permanent magnets can lose their magnetism if they are dropped or banged on enough to bump their domains out of alignment. The reason that would be hard to bump a piece of iron and make it magnetic is because of the way vibrations propagate in the material.
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Can you make a magnet stronger?
Magnets that have lost their strength Sometimes you can recharge a magnet that has lost some of its original charge. If you can find a very strong magnet, repeatedly rub it across your weakened magnet. The strong magnet will realign the magnetic domains inside the weakened magnet [source: Luminaltech].
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Why are iron atoms so strongly affected by magnetic fields?
Iron atoms are ferromagnetic, meaning that they have many unpaired electrons spinning in the same direction to produce identical magnetic fields. d. A compass contains a magnet that is free to move around in response to the Earth's magnetic field.
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Where is the magnetic field of a magnet the strongest?
This shows the field lines around a disk magnet where the North pole is at the top. This shows the magnetic field strength around the disk magnet. Again, it is strongest in the corners, not in the center of the poles! The magnetic field is weakest in the middle of its poles!
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Do neodymium magnets lose their strength?
Very little. Neodymium magnets are the strongest and most permanent magnets known to man. If they are not overheated or physically damaged, neodymium magnets will lose less than 1% of their strength over 10 years - not enough for you to notice unless you have very sensitive measuring equipment.
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How do you demagnetize a magnet?
Apply AC Current To Demagnetize a Magnet. One way to make a magnet is by applying an electrical field (electromagnet), so it makes sense you can use alternating current to remove magnetism, too. To do this, you pass AC current through a solenoid. Start with a higher current and slowly reduce it until it's zero.
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Why do magnets lose their magnetism when heated?
Yes, the neodymium magnet will lose its magnetism when heated above its Curie point. When you cool it back down, small domains will again become magnetized. Unless it's held in a strong field while it's cooling, however, the magnetic directions of those little domains will point all different directions.
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What temperature does a magnet lose its magnetism?
When heated above 176° Fahrenheit (80° Celsius), magnets will quickly lose their magnetic properties. The magnet will become permanently demagnetized if exposed to these temperatures for a certain length of time or heated at a significantly higher temperature (Curie temperature).
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What affects the strength of a magnetic field?
As seen in the previous section, and copied below, the material the permanent magnet is made from has a significant effect on the overall strength of a magnet. The material will also determine how its flux is affected by temperature, and how easily the magnet can be demagnetized by opposing magnetic fields.
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Why keepers are used to store magnet?
A magnet keeper, also known historically as an armature, is a paramagnetic bar made from soft iron or steel, which is placed across the poles of a permanent magnet to help preserve the strength of the magnet by completing the magnetic circuit; it is important for magnets that have a low magnetic coercivity, such as
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Are all magnetic materials magnets?
Materials that can be magnetized, which are also the ones that are strongly attracted to a magnet, are called ferromagnetic (or ferrimagnetic). These include iron, nickel, cobalt, some alloys of rare-earth metals, and some naturally occurring minerals such as lodestone.
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Is magnetite a naturally occurring permanent magnet?
Lodestone (also called Magnetite) is a naturally-occurring “permanent” magnet mineral. By “permanent,” it is meant that the material maintains a magnetic field with no external help.
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How many poles are there in a magnet?
All magnets have exactly two poles-a north and a south. Some scientists theorize that a magnet with one pole called a monopole is possible, but the feat has yet to be achieved. In fact, if you were to take a bar magnet and cut it in half, the two pieces would separate and form new sets of poles.
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How long does it take for a neodymium magnet last?
Neodymium magnets are permanent magnets, and lose a fraction of their performance every 100 years if maintained within their optimum working conditions. There are two factors which can shorten a magnet's lifespan.