Re: magnets in HDs

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Original poster: "davep by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <davep-at-quik-dot-com>

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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_ ??????


	For THAT shape, it won't
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 	Other Magnets have other shapes.

	rotate the poles 90degrees, either way.
	Snap it as above.
	Now TOP/North will still be next to TOP/North
	and bottom/south to bottom/south.
	Repulsion results.

	Which Way are the typical HD salvage magnets
	oriented?

	best
	dwp


> -Peter Lawrence.
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>>Original poster: "Ben McMillen by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" 
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> <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..
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>>Coiling In Pittsburgh
>>Ben McMillen
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>>>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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