Re: magnets in HDs

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Original poster: "Peter Lawrence by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <Peter.Lawrence-at-Sun-dot-com>


0riginal bar magnet:
	+----------------------------------+
	| North                      South |
	+----------------------------------+
	
broken bar magent:
	+-----------------+  +-----------------+
	| North     South |  | North     South |
	+-----------------+  +-----------------+

please say again how the two new ends are going to _REPEL_ ??????

-Peter Lawrence.


	

>Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
<spoonman534-at-yahoo-dot-com>
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>  When you break a magnet, you essentially create two new
>poles opposite to that of the original poles on each half..
>
>
>Coiling In Pittsburgh
>Ben McMillen
>
>> what I have always wondered is why you cant put a magnet
>> back together 
>> once you break one in half.....  the joint is perfectly
>> matched .....   
>> but it still repells each of the matching halves no
>> matter how hard 
>> t\you try to press them back together....  :)
>> 
>> Scot D
>> 
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