Recent content by Christopher R

Thanks jtbell, exactly the explanation i was looking for :D

Your energy explanation makes sense, but I am more confused by the actual mechanisms which cause there to be a force. If magnets are treated like solenoids, it still seems to me like there would be no net force between two magnets since the field would be pointed along the solenoid.

I sort of understand how the domains can allign and create a net magnetic field, but I'm still not sure how the actual attraction occurs. Like when the north end of a magnet is attracted to the south end of another, the direction of the magnetic field is on the same line as the direction of the...

Hi, I am a high school physics student and the only ways we learned to calculate the magnitude of a magnetic force involved a moving charge or current in a wire. As a result I have wondered how a bar magnetic magnet may exert a force on a piece of iron, since there is no clear movement of charge...