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Curie Point
When a piece of iron gets too hot, it loses its attraction to a magnet.
Electric Current Model
Use magnets to model the motion of electrons.
Electromagnetic Antigravity
Change the measured weight of an object—without touching it.
Magnetic Atmosphere Model
Levitating magnets show how the Earth’s atmosphere stacks up.
Magnetic Chains
For magnets, strength isn’t necessarily in numbers.
Magnetic Fruit
Discover how both poles of a powerful magnet repel a grape.
Magnetic Lines of Force
Iron filings trace out magnetic field lines in three dimensions.
Magnetic Pendulums
Copper coils become electromagnetic swings.
Magnetic Shielding
Magnetic lines stop here.
Mind the Magnetic Gap
Magnets can affect things that aren’t magnetic.
Strange Attractor
The attraction and repulsion of magnets produces entrancing, unpredictable motion.
Stripped-Down Generator
Shake just right to see the light.
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