What Is a Magnetic Field?
3. Magnetic Fields
Magnets are somewhat of a mystery. We know that a magnet will emit a magnetic field around itself but we don’t really know why. We also know that the field can become magnified the stronger the magnet is but, again, we are not sure why.
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The magnet emits a field around itself, meaning if two magnets come into contact with each others field then they will be attracted or repelled to each other according to which of the two magnets fields are facing each other.
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