Natural magnets like the lodestone do not have very strong attractive or directive properties.\u00a0 Also, it is not convenient to use because it occurs in odd shapes.\u00a0 But when a piece of steel is stroked\u00a0 (in one direction only) with lodestone, the magnetic properties are developed stronger in it.<\/p>\n
However, if a piece of iron is rubbed with\u00a0lodestone, the iron acquires properties of the lodestone. I.e. The iron gets magnetized.\u00a0 This piece of iron is called an artificial magnet.\u00a0 Magnets of different shaped can be made in order to suit a specific purpose.<\/p>\n
Permanent Magnets:<\/em> Temporary Magnets:<\/em> Magnetic levitation (Maglev) is a way of lifting objects by using the forces that keep magnets apart. This technique to make trains float above their tracks.\u00a0The trains carry powerful linear motors which push against magnets laid in the special track. The magnets in the track first attract the train, pulling it forwards.\u00a0 When it has passed, the direction of their magnetic fields is reversed, repelling the train and pushing it forwards even faster.<\/p>\n SchoolTutoring Academy<\/strong><\/span> is the premier educational services company for K-12 and college students. We offer tutoring programs for students in K-12, AP classes, and college. To learn more about how we help parents and students in Niagara Falls visit: Tutoring in Niagara Falls.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Natural and Artificial Magnets Natural magnets like the lodestone do not have very strong attractive or directive properties.\u00a0 Also, it is not convenient to use because it occurs in odd shapes.\u00a0 But when a piece of steel is stroked\u00a0 (in one direction only) with lodestone, the magnetic properties are developed stronger in it. However, if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,16],"tags":[144,1071,1073,1074,1180,1317,1818],"class_list":["post-2444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earth-sciences","category-science","tag-artificial-magnet","tag-magnetic-elevation","tag-magnetic-types","tag-magnets","tag-natural-magnet","tag-permanent-magnets","tag-temporary-magnets"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCertain types of iron, once magnetized retain their magnetism.\u00a0Such magnets are called permanent magnets. Most permanent magnets are made up of steel or mixtures of iron, nickel their magnetism. When a permanent magnet picks up a piece of iron or steel, the nail becomes a temporary magnet.<\/p>\n
\nThe nail can pick up other bits of metal and will be attracted or repelled by the\u00a0poles of another magnet.\u00a0However, the nail will keep its magnetism only so long as it is near a permanent magnet. If the permanent magnet is removed, the nail loses its magnetic properties.<\/p>\nMagnetic Levitation-Opposing the Force of Magnetism<\/h4>\n