Question

Give properties of the natural magnet.

Answer 1

Properties of magnets

1. Magnets attract magnetic substances like steel, cobalt, iron, etc. This is also known as its attractive property.
2. When a bar magnet is freely suspended, it points in the north-south direction. The tip which points to the geographic north is called the north pole and the tip which points to the geographic south is called the south pole. This is also known as its directive property.
3. There is a repulsive force when the north poles (or south poles) of two magnets are brought close together. Conversely, there is an attractive force between the north pole of one and the south pole of the other. This states that unlike poles attract each other and like poles repel each other.
4. We cannot isolate the north or south pole of the magnets. If magnets are broken into two halves, we get two similar bar magnets with somewhat weaker properties. Unlike electric charges, isolated magnetic north and south poles known as magnetic monopoles do not exist.