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Hello,
Accidentally I have noticed a strange behaviour using two different magnets, which I would like to discuss.
The picture shows a disc magnet (shown also in the right to see the magnetization) with it's N facing upwards.
Onto the disc magnet N side, a cylinder magnet is placed. When the cylinder magnet is placed, as shown in the picture, an attraction force happens to it's S (as the arrow shows), because it is attracted by the disc magnet N. The cylinder magnet N is repelled as the arrow shows.
All the above are the facts as noticed by experimentation.
Now the question.
If I force the cylinder magnet to this place shown and I do not alow it to move in any direction other than right or left, the magnet tends to slip from my hand and follow the direction of the red arrow.
I think I can explain this fact, what I cannot explain is the next one:
What if I continuously force the cylinder magnet to be in that angular position in respect to the center hole of the disc magnet? Will the cylinder try to move forwards indefinitely, and as a result spin around the center hole? Well, of course not! but why this would not work?
I appreciate your explanations
Hello,
Accidentally I have noticed a strange behaviour using two different magnets, which I would like to discuss.
The picture shows a disc magnet (shown also in the right to see the magnetization) with it's N facing upwards.
Onto the disc magnet N side, a cylinder magnet is placed. When the cylinder magnet is placed, as shown in the picture, an attraction force happens to it's S (as the arrow shows), because it is attracted by the disc magnet N. The cylinder magnet N is repelled as the arrow shows.
All the above are the facts as noticed by experimentation.
Now the question.
If I force the cylinder magnet to this place shown and I do not alow it to move in any direction other than right or left, the magnet tends to slip from my hand and follow the direction of the red arrow.
I think I can explain this fact, what I cannot explain is the next one:
What if I continuously force the cylinder magnet to be in that angular position in respect to the center hole of the disc magnet? Will the cylinder try to move forwards indefinitely, and as a result spin around the center hole? Well, of course not! but why this would not work?
I appreciate your explanations
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