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If you take 2 .5" x .5" cylinder neodymium magnets, and attach them sideways with N of first closest to the S of the 2nd and vice versa, they are attracted.
However, when one is held stationary, and the other is rotated around, its seems that there is a perpendicular magnetic field that aligns the magnets so the same edges are attracted to each other no matter how much you attempt to rotate them around.
why is this?
eg.
# side view
N S
[][]
S N
# top view
( >)(< ) # these "right angle poles" are at a stable state
(< )( >) # when rotated 180 degrees, there is very high resistance, and then revert back to the above state when you let go.
However, when one is held stationary, and the other is rotated around, its seems that there is a perpendicular magnetic field that aligns the magnets so the same edges are attracted to each other no matter how much you attempt to rotate them around.
why is this?
eg.
# side view
N S
[][]
S N
# top view
( >)(< ) # these "right angle poles" are at a stable state
(< )( >) # when rotated 180 degrees, there is very high resistance, and then revert back to the above state when you let go.